# Howell Lancaster

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**Howell Eugene Lancaster** (July 31, 1911 – January 5, 1972) was an American politician.[2] A member of the [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)), he served in the [Florida House of Representatives](/source/Florida_House_of_Representatives) from 1949 to 1966 and again from 1968 to 1972.[1]

## Life and career

Lancaster was born in [Eugene, Florida](/source/Eugene,_Florida), the son of Raleigh and Lollie Lancaster.[3] He attended and graduated from the [University of Florida](/source/University_of_Florida).[4] After graduating, he served in the armed forces during [World War II](/source/World_War_II), which after his discharge,[5] he worked as a [farmer](/source/Farmer).[6]

Lancaster served in the [Florida House of Representatives](/source/Florida_House_of_Representatives) from 1949 to 1966 and again from 1968 to 1972.[1][7] During his service in the House, in the 1950s, he served as leader of the [Pork Chop Gang](/source/Pork_Chop_Gang),[8] a group of legislators from rural areas that dominated the state legislature due to malapportionment and used their power to engage in [McCarthyist](/source/McCarthyism) tactics.[9]

## Death

Lancaster died on January 5, 1972, of an apparent [heart attack](/source/Heart_attack) while on a hunting trip in [Columbia County, Florida](/source/Columbia_County,_Florida), at the age of 60.[4]

## References

1. ["House of Representatives"](http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/fefdl/florida/House19672001.html). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180113095046/http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/fefdl/florida/House19672001.html) January 13, 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 13, 2022. – via [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. ["Other Big Bend"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112996051/other-big-bend/). *[Tallahassee Democrat](/source/Tallahassee_Democrat)*. November 13, 1968. p. 21. Retrieved November 13, 2022. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)

1. ["Howell Lancaster"](https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/6224/records/102900980). 1930 United States Federal Census. Retrieved June 28, 2025. – via [Ancestry.com](/source/Ancestry.com) (subscription required)

1. ["'Pork Chop' Leader Dies"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112772945/pork-chop-leader-dies/). *[Tampa Bay Times](/source/Tampa_Bay_Times)*. January 6, 1972. p. 36. Retrieved November 30, 2022. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)

1. ["Howell Eugene Lancaster"](https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/2238/records/12589212). U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947. Retrieved June 28, 2025. – via [Ancestry.com](/source/Ancestry.com) (subscription required)

1. "The Florida Handbook", Peninsular Publishing Company, 1965, p. 404

1. Ward, Robert (August 3, 2011). ["Membership of the Florida House of Representatives by County 1845–2012"](http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/FileStores/Web/HouseContent/Approved/Public%20Guide/Uploads/Documents/house_counties_final.pdf). *[Florida House of Representatives](/source/Florida_House_of_Representatives)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220316034642/https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/FileStores/Web/HouseContent/Approved/Public%20Guide/Uploads/Documents/house_counties_final.pdf) March 16, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 13, 2022. – via [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. ["Rep. Howell Lancaster, Led 'Pork Chop Gang'"](https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/625321134/). *[The Miami Herald](/source/The_Miami_Herald)*. January 6, 1972. p. 80. Retrieved June 28, 2025. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)

1. Weitz, Seth (March 1, 2009). ["Defending the Old South: The Myth of the Lost Cause and Political Immorality in Florida, 1865–1968"](https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6563.2008.00232.x). *[The Historian](/source/The_Historian_(journal))*. **71** (1): 79–92. [doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.2008.00232.x](https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6563.2008.00232.x). [ISSN 0018-2370](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0018-2370). Retrieved June 28, 2025. – via [Taylor & Francis](/source/Taylor_%26_Francis) (subscription required)

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