Background
Caldwell, Millard F was born on February 6, 1897 in in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Millard Fillmore and Martha Jane (Clapp) Caldwell.
Caldwell, Millard F was born on February 6, 1897 in in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Millard Fillmore and Martha Jane (Clapp) Caldwell.
Student Carson and Newman College, 1913-1914, University of Mississippi, 1917-1918, University of Virginia, 1919-1922. Doctor of Laws, Doctor of Laws, Rollins College, U. Florida, Florida Southern University, Florida State University.
Admitted to Tennessee bar 1922, Florida bar, 1925. Served as prosecuting attorney and county attorney, Santa Rosa County, Florida, and city attorney, Milton. Elected to Florida State Legislature, 1928 and 1930.
Member 73d to 76th congresses (1933-1941), 3d Florida District.
Voluntarily retired from Congress to resume practice of law at Milton and Tallahassee, Florida. Elected governor of Florida for term 1945-1949.
Federal Civil Defense administrator 1950-1952. Justice Florida Supreme Court 1962-1969, chief justice, 1967-1969.
Delaware Interparliamentary Union, The Hague, 1938, Oslo, 1939.
Member Executive Council American Group Interparliamentary Union. Chairman National Governors Conference, 1946-1947. President Council of State Governments, 1946-1948.
Chairman of the Board of control Southern Regional Education, 1947-1950.
Chairman Florida Commission Constitutional Government, 1957-1966.
Served as private and Second lieutenant, Field Artillery, United States Army, World War I. Member American Judicature Society, Newcomen Society, Huguenot Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Alpha Kappa Psi, Blue Key, Kappa Sigma, Phi Alpha Delta.
Married Mary Rebecca Harwood, February 14, 1925. Children: Millard Fillmore III (deceased), Sally, Purkins McCord, Susan B. Dodd.
