Milton Harvey Mabry was an American

United States

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 lawyer, politician, and judge. He served as both Lieutenant Governor of Florida

Lieutenant Governor of Florida

The Lieutenant Governor of Florida is a statewide elected office in the government of the U.S. state of Florida. According to the Florida Constitution, the lieutenant governor is elected to a four-year term congruent with that of the Governor of Florida, and succeeds to the office of Governor if it...

 and Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court

Florida Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the State of Florida is the highest court in the U.S. state of Florida. The Supreme Court consists of seven judges: the Chief Justice and six Justices who are appointed by the Governor to 6-year terms and remain in office if retained in a general election near the end of each...

.

Mabry's father was a merchant; the family moved from Alabama to DeSoto Parish, Louisiana

Louisiana

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 in 1856 and then in 1860 to Lee County

Lee County, Mississippi

-National protected areas:* Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site* Natchez Trace Parkway * Tupelo National Battlefield-History:On September 20, 1816, General Andrew Jackson, David Meriwether, and the Chickasaw Nation signed the Treaty of Chickasaw Council House in Lee County.Lee County was...

, Mississippi

Mississippi

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. Around 1868 he entered the University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi

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 at Oxford

Oxford, Mississippi

Oxford is a city in, and the county seat of, Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1835, it was named after the British university city of Oxford in hopes of having the state university located there, which it did successfully attract....

, transferring to the law school of Cumberland University

Cumberland University

Cumberland University is a private university in Lebanon, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in 1842, though the current campus buildings were constructed between 1892 and 1896.-History:...

 in Lebanon

Lebanon, Tennessee

Lebanon is a city in Wilson County, Tennessee, in the United States. The population was 20,235 at the 2000 census. It serves as the county seat of Wilson County. Lebanon is located in middle Tennessee, approximately 25 miles east of downtown Nashville. Local residents have also called it...

, Tennessee

Tennessee

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 around 1870, graduating in 1872.

Returning to Mississippi, Mabry served a term as the mayor of Tupelo

Tupelo, Mississippi

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. He met fellow lawyer William Adams Hocker there and in 1879, in a period of ill health, he followed Hocker to Leesburg

Leesburg, Florida

Leesburg is a city in Lake County, Florida, United States. The population was 15,956 at the 2000 census. As of 2005, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 19,086.. Leesburg is located in central Florida, between Lake Harris and Lake Griffin, at the head of the Oklawaha River system....

, Florida to become his law partner. In 1882 Mabry served as a state representative from Sumter County

Sumter County, Florida

Sumter County is a county located in the state of Florida, United States. As of the 2000 Census, the population was 53,345. The 2006 Census estimate puts its population at 68,768 . Its county seat is Bushnell, Florida and the largest incorporated municipality is Wildwood, Florida. The Villages,...

. In 1884 Mabry was picked as a running mate by gubernatorial candidate Edward A. Perry

Edward A. Perry

Edward Aylesworth Perry was a general under Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War and the 14th Governor of Florida.-Early life:He was a descendant of Arthur Perry, one of the earliest settlers of New England...

, and after a successful campaign Mabry served as Lieutenant Governor from 1885-1889. The 1885 Florida constitution abolished the office of lieutenant governor, so Mabry was the last to serve until the office was revived in the 1968 constitution.

Mabry practiced law briefly and then ran for a position on the Florida Supreme Court in 1890. He joined the court in 1891; from 1895-7 he was Chief Justice. Mabry declined re-election in 1902, leaving office in early 1903. His former law partner William Hocker served on the court from 1903-1915. Mabry returned to the court as clerk from 1905-1915 until ill health forced him to retire.

Mabry's son Dale Mabry

Dale Mabry

Dale Mabry was an American World War I aviator.Mabry, a native of Florida, was the son of former Florida Supreme Court Justice Milton H. Mabry and Ella Dale Bramlett. He went on to become an airship pilot and captain in the United States Army...

 (1891-1922) was a World War I aviator who died in the crash of the dirigible Roma

Roma (airship)

- References :NotesBibliography* Tampa Times, February 22, 1922. Page 1.* New York Times, February 22, 1922. Page 1....

; the Dale Mabry Highway

Dale Mabry Highway

Dale Mabry Highway is a north–south road in Tampa, Florida. The majority of its length consists of three lanes each direction plus a central turn-lane and often includes a right-turn lane. It begins at the MacDill Air Force Base entrance in South Tampa and ends by merging with US 41 just...

in Tampa is named in his honor. Another son, Giddings Eldon Mabry (1877-1968), was a prominent Tampa real estate attorney and developer, and the founder of the law firm Carlton Fields.