2005 Death William Lehman, Representative-D-Florida 1973 - 1993 1998 Death Dante Fascell, Representative-D-Florida 1955 - 1993, died of colorectal cancer 1989 Death Claude Pepper, Representative-D-Florida 1963 - 1989, Senator-D-Florida 1936 - 1951 1957 Birthday Peter Deutsch, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-Florida 1993 - 2005 1949 Birthday Jim Bacchus, born in Nashville, Tennessee, Representative-D-Florida 1991 - 1993 and 1993 - 1995 1946 Birthday Corrine Brown, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Representative-D-Florida 1993 - 1944 Birthday Daniel A. Mica, born in Binghamton, New York, Representative-D-Florida 1979 - 1989 1942 Birthday Bill Nelson,born in Miami, Florida, Representative-D-Florida 1979 - 1991, Senator-D-Florida 2001 -, astronaut, STS-61C 1941 Birthday Lawrence J. Smith, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-D-Florida 1983 - 1993 1936 Birthday Alcee Hastings, born in Altamonte Springs, Florida, Representative-D-Florida, 1993 - 1935 Birthday Pete Peterson, born in Omaha, Nebraska, Representative-D-Florida 1991 - 1997 1933 Birthday Don Fuqua, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Representative-D-Florida 1967 - 1987 1933 Birthday Buddy MacKay, born in Ocala, Florida, Representative-D-Florida 1983 - 1989, Governor of Florida 1998 - 1999 1926 Birthday Earl Dewitt Hutto, born in Midland City, Alabama, Representative-D-Florida 1979 - 1995 1926 Birthday Carrie P. Meek, born in Tallahassee, Florida, Representative-D-Florida 1993 - 2003 1922 Birthday Willam V. Chappell, Jr., born in Kendrick, Florida, Representative-D-Florida 1969 - 1989 1920 Birthday Sam Gibbons, born in Tampa, Florida, Representative-D-Florida 1963 - 1997 1917 Birthday Dante Fascell, born in Bridgehampton, New York, Representative-D-Florida 1955 - 1993 1913 Birthday William Lehman, born in Selma, Alabama, Representative-D-Florida 1973 - 1993 1900 Birthday Claude Pepper, born in Dudleyville, Alabama, Representative-D-Florida 1963 - 1989, Senator-D-Florida 1936 - 1951