Don Fuqua

==Politics==

==Politics==

He was elected as a Democrat to the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Florida]] and served from January 3, 1963, to January 3, 1987. Fuqua was chairman of the [[United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19800625&id=kUJHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jf0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1944,4012692&hl=en|title=Gadsden Times – Google News Archive Search}}</ref>

was elected as a Democrat to the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Florida]] and served from January 3, 1963, to January 3, 1987. Fuqua was chairman of the [[United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19800625&id=kUJHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jf0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1944,4012692&hl=en|title=Gadsden Times – Google News Archive Search}}</ref>

Fuqua is the last living person who voted against the landmark [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]]. He later said that he voted no because he was expecting to be challenged by a segregationist in the [[1964 United States House of Representatives elections|1964 elections]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-08-27 |title=50 Years Later, Former Congressman Describes Context Of March on Washington |url=https://www.wuft.org/national-news/2013-08-26/50-years-later-former-congressman-describes-context-of-march-on-washington |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=WUFT {{!}} News and public media for north central Florida |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=H.R. 7152. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. ADOPTION OF A … — House Vote #182 — Jul 2, 1964 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h182 |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}}</ref>

Fuqua is the last living person who voted against the landmark [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]]. He later said that he voted no because he was expecting to be challenged by a segregationist in the [[1964 United States House of Representatives elections|1964 elections]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-08-27 |title=50 Years Later, Former Congressman Describes Context Of March on Washington |url=https://www.wuft.org/national-news/2013-08-26/50-years-later-former-congressman-describes-context-of-march-on-washington |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=WUFT {{!}} News and public media for north central Florida |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=H.R. 7152. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. ADOPTION OF A … — House Vote #182 — Jul 2, 1964 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h182 |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}}</ref>