Legislator Profile
Former Florida Senator James `Jim` Hargrett (D)
The information below was accurate during the legislator's active term.
District Address:
, FL
Capitol Address:
, FL
- Senate District:21
- First Elected:1992
- Terms Out:2000
- Party:Democrat
- Delegations:
- District Information:Florida Senate District 21 consists of parts of Hillsborough, Manatee, and Pinellas counties
- Legislative Service:House of Representatives,
1982-1992; Chairman: Employee
and Management Relations
Committee, 1990-1992; Public
Transportation Committee,
1988-1990; Delegate:
National Conference of State
Legislatures, Southern
Regional Education Board;
Chairman, Florida Conference
of Black State Legislators,
1984-1986; Chairman:
Tourism, Trade and Economic
Development Committee 1992-
1993; Select Committee on
Juvenile Justice Reform;
Chairman, Senate
Transportation Committe, 1993-
1994; 1996-1998; Vice
Chairma, Senate
Transportation Committee,
1994-1996; Select Committee
on Litigation Reform, 1998;
Select Committee on WAGES and
Targeted Economic
Development, 1998; Chairman,
Hillsborough County
Legislative Delegation, 1998-
1999; Governors Appointee to
the Florida Economic Summit,
1998-1999
- Born:July 31, 1942 in Tampa
- Moved to Florida:
- Religious Affiliation:Methodist
- Education:Morehouse, B.A., 1964;
Atlanta University, M.B.A.,
1965
- Occupation:Businessman
- Spouse:Wife, Berlyn Chatard of New Orleans, Louisiana
- Children:Crystal and James III
- Affiliations:Board of Directors, Moffitt
Cancer Center; member,
Florida First Capital Finance
Corporation; Board of
Directors, Hillsborough
County National Conference of
Christians and Jews; Board of
Governors, Greater Tampa
Chamber of Commerce; Florida
State and Hillsborough County
Democratic Executive
Committees; Ybor City Chamber
of Commerce; Florida Council
on Crime and Delinquency;
Tampa Bay Performing Arts
Center Board of Trustees;
University of Tampa Board of
Trustees; United Way Florida
State Champaign Chairman;
Ybor City Centennial
Celebration Committee; board
member, Legal Environmental
Assistance Foundation; Board
of Trustees, Lowry Park Zoo
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