1979 - Daniel Robert “Bob” Graham was inaugurated as the Sunshine State’s thirty-eighth governor on this date. He would succeed himself as governor on January 4, 1983. Graham was born on November 9, 1936 in Coral Gables and he graduated from the University of Florida in 1959. He received a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1962. Graham entered public office as a Florida State Representative in 1966 and later as a State Senator before being elected Governor. He also served in a variety of executive positions in the Sengra Corporation (The Graham Companies), was a developer of Miami Lakes, and helped administer the family’s cattle holdings prior to public service. As governor, Graham supported a number of environmental measures to save the state’s Everglades, sea shores, and barrier islands. Governor Graham engendered a strong public support through his personal program of “workdays,” which involved Graham working a full eight hour day at various jobs which represented his constituents such as teaching, busing tables and commercial fishing. After his tenure as Governor, Graham was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1987, serving in that office until 2005