Johnnie Byrd

Johnnie Byrd

Johnnie Byrd (born 1951) was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from District 62, 1996-2004. He was speaker of the House from 2002-2004.

Prior public service included a stint as a school board member of the Brewton City School System in Brewton, Alabama. He moved to Florida in 1988.

Byrd made an unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by retiring Senator Bob Graham in 2004 as a Republican candidate. He came in fourth in a field of six with 68,982 votes, 5.9 percent of the vote. Mel Martinez won the primary and the general election.

He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Auburn University, and a J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law.

External links

* [http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4117&SessionId=51 Florida House of Representatives-Johnnie Byrd]
* [http://www.sptimes.com/2004/05/16/State/Speaker_vows_to_retri.shtml Speaker vows to retrieve scores of deleted e-mails]


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