Former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham has been remembered by Republicans and Democrats alike as a man whose love for the state and people transcended politics. Graham was a two-term governor and a three-term U.S. senator who died last week at 87. He was honored Friday at Florida's historic Capitol. A bouquet of white flowers sent by President Joe Biden and his wife Jill was alongside the coffin as Graham's wife, Adele, and four daughters greeted hundreds of visitors. A private funeral was held later. Graham was known for wearing ties with the state’s outline printed on them, and dozens of people passed through the line wearing similar ones in tribute.
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Former Democratic Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham was remembered Friday as a man whose love for people and his state of Florida transcended partisanship.
Quality Journalism for Critical Times Florida bade farewell Friday to Bob Graham during a public memorial at Florida’s Old Capitol, with hundreds of people filing up to the second-floor rotunda where Graham lay in state and sharing memories with his family and friends. Among the mourners was Graham’s wife, Adele, his daughters, Gwen (a former congresswoman), Cissy, Suzanne, and Kendall, […] The post Floridians mourn both Bob Graham and a kinder era in state politics appeared first on Florida Pho