Gene Hodges
State houseFlorida
District14th
Term startNovember 7, 1972
Term endNovember 2, 1982
PredecessorJack Burke Jr.
SuccessorCarl Ogden
State house 1Florida
District 111th
Term start 1November 2, 1982
Term end 1November 22, 1988
Predecessor 1Don C. Price
Successor 1Allen Boyd
Birth dateNovember 23, 1936
Birth placeCedar Key, Florida
Death dateJuly 6, 2014 (aged 77)
PartyDemocratic
ParentsW. Randolph Hodges (father)
RelativesDana Young (niece)

Eugene Randolph Hodges, styled as Gene Hodges, (November 23, 1936 – July 6, 2014) was an American politician in the state of Florida, serving in the state House of Representatives from 1972 to 1988.

Biography

Born in Cedar Key, Florida, Hodges served in the United States Air Force 1955 to 1958. He served in the Florida House of Representatives as a Democrat from the 14th district from November 7, 1972, and the 11th district from November 7, 1982, to November 8, 1988.

Hodges also served on the Cedar Key City Council.

Family

His father W. Randolph Hodges served in the Florida State Senate and his niece Dana Young also served in the Florida House of Representatives.

Death

He died in 2014 of a heart attack in Cedar Key, Florida.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ^ Florida House of Representatives-Representative Gene Hodges
  2. ^ 'Former state Rep Gene Hodges, 77, of Cedar Key has died,' Steve Bousquet, Tampa Bay Times, July 7, 2014