Thomas LeRoy Collins (March 10 1909 – March 12 1991) was an attorney and politician the 33rd Governor of Florida serving a special term in 1955 and being elected to a four-year term in 1956 serving through 1960. He was previously elected to several terms in the Florida House of Representatives and Senate. He was the first governor of the South to promote the moral necessity of ending segregation.
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