Background
Girardeau was born in 1929 in Jacksonville.
politician member of the Florida State Senate
Girardeau was born in 1929 in Jacksonville.
Fisk University.
Attending Howard University where he earned a Doctor ol Dental Surgery degree, he also attended graduate school at Wayne State University and Fisk University. The first African-American elected outside of Miami since Reconstruction, Girardueau served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1976 to 1983. In 1982, he was elected to the State Senate and he served until 1992.
He was president pro tempore of the senate in the later years of his term.