Daniel Webster

Representative from Florida; born in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, on April 27, 1949; graduated from Maynard Evans High School, Orlando, Fla., 1967; B.E.E., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga., 1971; business owner; member of the Florida state house, 1980-1998, speaker of the house of representatives, 1996-1998; member of the Florida state senate, 1998-2008, majority leader, 2006-2008; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Twelfth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2011-present).