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{{Infobox officeholder | name = Baxter Troutman | image = Baxter Troutman.jpg | state_house1 = Florida | state1 = Florida | district1 = 66th | term_start1 = November 5, 2002 | term_end1 = November 2, 2010 | preceded1 = J. D. Alexander<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=5548 | title=Our Campaigns - FL State House 66 Race - Nov 05, 2002 }}</ref> | succeeded1 = Ben Albritton<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=334442 | title=Our Campaigns - FL State House 066 Race - Nov 04, 2008 }}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|11|25}} | profession = Citrus grower, businessman | party = Republican| | birth_place = Lake Wales, Florida, U.S.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baxter G. Troutman |url=https://flhouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4259 |website=Florida House of Representatives |access-date=July 18, 2025}}</ref> }} [[File:Marco Rubio and Baxter Troutman.jpg|thumb|left|Troutman with Marco Rubio in 2008]] '''Baxter Troutman''' is a Winter Haven, Florida citrus grower, businessman, and Republican politician who served as the representative for District 66 in the House of Representatives of the U.S. state of Florida. He was first elected to the Florida House in 2002, and was re-elected to three more successive terms.<ref name="state">[http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CK2416015686&source=Bookmark&u=22396_largo&jsid=86d9b6c441fda7cd3249c813ca382e8a Baxter G Troutman." State Directory. Bethesda, MD: Carroll Publishing, 2011. Biography in Context. Web. 4 Jan. 2014. Gale Document Number: GALE|K2416015686]</ref> He served as vice chair of the Committee on Environmental Protection and the Environment & Natural Resources Council.

Representative Troutman was born in Lake Wales, Florida on November 25, 1966.<ref name="state" /> He received an Associate of Arts degree from South Florida Community College in 1990 and a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida Southern College in 1994.<ref name="state" /> He is the director of the Alico corporation, a Florida company dealing in farm goods.<ref>[http://people.forbes.com/profile/baxter-g-troutman/2912 Profile on Forbes. Online. January 23, 2009]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was married to Rebecca Carney,<ref name="state" /> to whom he proposed on the House floor in March 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theledger.com/article/20080326/BREAKING/947224597 |title="Baxter Troutman Proposes To Girlfriend On House Floor." ''The Ledger.'' March 26, 2008. Online. January 22, 2009 |access-date=January 22, 2009 |archive-date=April 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430064058/http://www.theledger.com/article/20080326/BREAKING/947224597 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is the grandson of Florida citrus and cattle magnate Ben Hill Griffin, Jr., who at one time was one of the wealthiest people in the world. He is also the cousin of Florida State Senator J.D. Alexander,<ref>[https://archive.today/20130201124355/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/1369331371.html?dids=1369331371:1369331371&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+21,+2007&author=KRIS+HUNDLEY;MICHAEL+VAN+SICKLER&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&edition=&startpage=1.A&desc=A+FAMILY+FEUD+TO+RESHAPE+FLORIDA Hundley, Kris and Michael van Sickler. "A family feud to reshape Florida." ''The St. Petersburg Times.'' Oct 21, 2007. Online. January 22, 2009.]</ref> with whom he is often in disagreement.<ref name="Bousquet01">[http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=News&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CA198896574&source=Bookmark&u=22396_largo&jsid=232e37cee1d3d6952e9a5bdc67f2f02e THE BUZZ: FLORIDA POLITICS." St. Petersburg Times &#91;St. Petersburg, FL&#93; 30 Apr. 2009. Biography in Context. Web. 4 Jan. 2014 Gale Document Number: GALE|A198896574]</ref>

In 2008 Troutman authored a bill intended to make it harder for copper thieves to sell to scrap dealers. The bill required scrap metal sellers to fill out an identification form and required scrap dealers to hold on to material for seven days before selling it.<ref>[http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=News&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CA174341564&source=Bookmark&u=22396_largo&jsid=b1772d9d9437fdca9e43a6ef560ba566 Nguyen, Dong-Phuong. "THIEVES TURN SCRAP TO GOLD." St. Petersburg Times &#91;St. Petersburg, FL&#93; 7 Feb. 2008: 1B. Biography in Context. Web. 4 Jan. 2014 Gale Document Number: GALE|A174341564]</ref> After a 2009 disagreement with Senate president Mike Haridopolos, the Senate Sergeant temporarily removed Troutman's "Senate floor privileges".<ref name="Bousquet01" />

In 2017, Troutman filed to run for the open seat of Florida Commissioner of Agriculture for the 2018 election.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.theledger.com/news/20170612/former-state-rep-baxter-troutman-files-for-state-agriculture-commissioner | title=Former state Rep. Baxter Troutman files for state agriculture commissioner }}</ref>

==Sources== <!-- where not otherwise attributed, from profile --> *[http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4259&SessionId=59 Florida House of Representatives Profile] *[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=31052 Project Vote Smart profile]

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==External links== *[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=107517 ''Follow the Money'' page] for Baxter Troutman for 2008.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Troutman, Baxter}} Category:American citrus farmers Category:Farmers from Florida Category:Republican Party members of the Florida House of Representatives Category:Florida Southern College alumni Category:South Florida State College alumni Category:People from Winter Haven, Florida Category:People from Lake Wales, Florida Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century members of the Florida Legislature