- Robert L. F. Sikes
Infobox_Congressman
name =Robert L. F. Sikes
width=200
date of birth=June 3 ,1906
place of birth =
date of death=September 28 ,1994
state =Florida
district = 3rd
term_start=1941
term_end=1962
preceded =Millard F. Caldwell
succeeded =Claude Pepper
party =Democrat
religion =
spouse = Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (June 3 ,1906 -September 28 ,1994 ) was a U.S. Representative fromFlorida .Born in Isabella, near
Sylvester, Georgia , Sikes attended the public schools. B.S.,University of Georgia ,Athens, Georgia , 1927. MS.,University of Florida ,Gainesville, Florida , 1929.He engaged in the publishing business atCrestview, Florida from 1933 to 1946.He served in the State house of representatives 1936-1940.Sikes was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh and Seventy-eighth Congresses and served from
January 3 ,1941 , until his resignation onOctober 19 ,1944 , to enter theUnited States Army during the Second World War.He served as delegate, Interparliamentary Conference in Warsaw, 1959.Sikes was elected to the Seventy-ninth and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (
January 3 ,1945 -January 3 ,1979 ).He was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress.He was a resident ofCrestview, Florida , until his death onSeptember 28 ,1994 .The Bob Sikes Bridge, which connects Gulf Breeze to Santa Rosa Island, is named after him.
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External links
* [http://www.pensapedia.com/wiki/Bob_Sikes Bob Sikes] at Pensacola wiki
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