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Daniel Alan Webster (born April 27, 1949) is an American politician who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 2011. Webster, a Republican from Florida, initially represented ; since 2013, his district has been numbered the , located in the central part of the state.〔 Previously, Webster served 28 years in the Florida state legislature. After receiving his engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, he worked in the family air conditioning and heating business that he now owns and operates. He has been a resident of Florida since the age of seven and resides in Winter Garden, Florida. First elected in 1980, Webster served 28 years in the state legislature in Tallahassee, becoming the longest serving legislator in Florida history.〔 During that time, he rose to become Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and Florida Senate majority leader,〔 and left the legislature only after reaching the legal term limits in 2008.〔 He ran unopposed in all of his elections for the state legislature except for the first three; 1980, 1982, and 1984.〔 Webster was first elected to Congress in 2010. He has since run twice for Speaker of the House: in January 2015, he received 12 votes for that office, and in October 2015, he received nine votes. ==Early life, education, and business career== Webster was born in Charleston, West Virginia, the son of Mildred Rada (Schoolcraft), a nurse, and Dennis Webster.〔http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2001-04-24/news/0104240189_1_daniel-webster-tallahassee-beware〕〔http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/mildred-rada-schoolcraft_26099297〕 He was raised in Orlando, Florida where his family moved when Webster was seven, upon a doctor's recommendation that a change of climate might cure Webster's sinus problems.〔 He is a distant relative of the antebellum politician and orator Daniel Webster.〔 He attended the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was student government chaplain from 1970 to 1971 and a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.〔〔 He graduated in 1971 with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering.〔 Upon graduation, Webster's Vietnam war era student deferment expired and he became eligible for conscription into the U.S. military. He was not drafted, however, because he failed the physical exam due to lifelong foot problems which prevent him from standing for long periods of time.〔 Since college, Webster has worked in the family air conditioning and heating business; he presently owns and operates it.〔〔 Webster lives in Winter Garden, Florida.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daniel Webster (Florida politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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