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| In office 1987 – 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Don Fuqua |
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| Succeeded by | Douglas Peterson |
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| Born | 1943 |
| Political party | Democratic |
James William Grant (born 1943) (also called Bill Grant), is an American banker and politician from Madison, Florida. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the Florida's Second Congressional District is a US Congressional district in Florida which represents most of the eastern Florida panhandle along with Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Don Fuqua (born August 20, 1933) is a US Democratic Politician. Douglas Brian "Pete" Peterson (born June 26, 1935 in Omaha Nebraska) was a U Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Madison is a city in Madison County, Florida, United States. The population was 3061 at the 2000 census He is a graduate of Florida State University and attended the University of Florida for graduate studies. The University of Florida ( Florida or UF) is a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant major Research He represented Florida's 2nd congressional district in the U. S. Congress from 1987 to 1991. Florida's Second Congressional District is a US Congressional district in Florida which represents most of the eastern Florida panhandle along with The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. After being elected as a Democrat from the Tallahassee-based 2nd District to succeed 12-term Democrat Don Fuqua, he switched parties to become a Republican in 1989. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Don Fuqua (born August 20, 1933) is a US Democratic Politician. He was defeated for reelection in U.S. House election, 1990 by Douglas Peterson, and ran unsuccessfully for the Senate in 1992, losing to incumbent Bob Graham. The US House election 1990 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1990 which occurred in the middle of President George H Douglas Brian "Pete" Peterson (born June 26, 1935 in Omaha Nebraska) was a U The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The 1992 United States Senate election was an election for the United States Senate in which the victory of Bill Clinton in the presidential election Daniel Robert "Bob" Graham (born November 9, 1936) is an American politician
Grant is a fifth generation Floridian whose family lived in North Florida before statehood. He is a former Member of the Florida State Senate and the United States Congress and his party’s nominee to the U. S. Senate.
Prior to beginning his political career, he organized and ran several North Florida commercial banks and was twice elected president of the Florida Bankers Association.
After leaving politics, he organized and now serves as CEO of MK Meridian, Inc. , an international conflict resolution, trade, and diplomatic advisory firm.
In that capacity, he has mediated numerous sovereign and commercial conflicts across Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
He helped organize the United Africa Association, a 13-nation effort for promoting pan-African self-help, free-enterprise capitalism, and democracy.
In 1997, with the assistance of the government of Egypt, he negotiated the end to the first Somali civil war and authored a draft constitutional government for that nation.
He has been the senior advisor to two sovereign foreign governments and twice served as Special United States Congressional Envoy to international trouble spots.
He has also served as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Chemical, LLC, a multi-faceted chemical production facility in the former Soviet country of Ukraine, with 11,000 employees and a worldwide market.
Among his many and varied civic endeavors, he is a past member of the Board of Trustees of the Florida State University Foundation; President of the Florida 4-H Foundation; and a Life Board Member of the Dick Houser Center for Childhood Services.
Grant is married the former Janet Krawiec and has four children; John Alan, Carter Richmond, Madison Kathleen, and Kinsey Regan.
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| Preceded by Don Fuqua |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 2nd congressional district 1987-1991 |
Succeeded by Douglas Peterson |
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