# Ray C. Osborne

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{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name= Ray C. Osborne
|image= Lt Gov Ray C. Osborne, Official Portrait.jpg
|caption=Official portrait of Lt. Gov. Osborne<br />circa 1969–1971
|order= 9th
|office= Lieutenant Governor of Florida
|term_start= January 7, 1969
|term_end= January 5, 1971
|governor= [Claude Roy Kirk](/source/Claude_R._Kirk_Jr.)
|predecessor= [Milton H. Mabry](/source/Milton_H._Mabry)
|successor= [Tom Adams](/source/Thomas_Burton_Adams%2C_Jr.)
|office2= Member of the [Florida House of Representatives](/source/Florida_House_of_Representatives)
|term2= 1964-1968
|birth_date= {{birth date|1933|9|7}}
|birth_place= [Winston-Salem, North Carolina](/source/Winston-Salem%2C_North_Carolina), US
|death_date= {{death date and age|2011|3|3|1933|9|7}}
|death_place= [Boca Raton, Florida](/source/Boca_Raton%2C_Florida)
|party= [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
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|footnotes= 
}}
'''Raymond Claiborne Osborne''' (September 7, 1933 &ndash; March 3, 2011), was a Florida [Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) politician who served as the first [Lieutenant Governor of Florida](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Florida) under the state constitution of 1968. Osborne was the state's first lieutenant governor since 1889. Appointed<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/rediscovery/default.asp?IDCFile=/fsa/DETAILSS.IDC,SPECIFIC=82,DATABASE=SERIES, |title=State Archives of Florida Online Catalog |accessdate=May 25, 2008 |publisher=State Library and Archives of Florida |archive-date=April 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405040413/http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/rediscovery/default.asp?IDCFile=/fsa/detailss.idc,SPECIFIC=82,DATABASE=SERIES, |url-status=dead }}</ref> by Republican Governor [Claude R. Kirk, Jr.](/source/Claude_R._Kirk%2C_Jr.), Osborne was sworn in on January 7, 1969, for a term that lasted two years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/filmguide.cfm |title=Filming Florida: Images of the Sunshine State  |accessdate=May 25, 2008 |publisher=State Archives of Florida}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.floridamemory.com/OnlineClassroom/photographic-processes/crayon_gv013352.cfm |title=Portrait of Florida's first Lieutenant Governor William W.J. Kelly |accessdate=May 25, 2008 |publisher=State Archives of Florida}}</ref>

Born in [Winston-Salem, North Carolina](/source/Winston-Salem%2C_North_Carolina), Osborne graduated from [North Carolina State University](/source/North_Carolina_State_University) in 1955. He then served in the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) from 1955 to 1957. Osborne graduated from the [University of North Carolina School of Law](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_School_of_Law) in 1961. Osborne moved with his wife to [St. Petersburg, Florida](/source/St._Petersburg%2C_Florida). From 1964 to 1968, Osborne served in the [Florida House of Representatives](/source/Florida_House_of_Representatives), and unsuccessfully ran for the Florida Public Service Commission in 1968. Osborne practiced law for many years in [Boca Raton](/source/Boca_Raton%2C_Florida), Florida, until his death in March 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/palmbeachpost/obituary.aspx?n=ray-claiborne-osborne&pid=149098646#fbLoggedOut |title=Ray Claiborne Osborne Obituary: View Ray Osborne's Obituary by The Palm Beach Post|publisher=Legacy.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-17}}</ref>

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