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Jun 03, 1906 Sylvester, Georgia, United States Died on 28 Sep 1994 (aged 88)
American politician
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About Bob Sikes
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (June 3, 1906 – September 28, 1994) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who represented the Florida Panhandle in the United States House of Representatives from 1941 to 1979, with a brief break in 1944 and 1945 for service during World War II. He served during a long period in which Florida was effectively a one-party state dominated by Democrats, as the Republican Party had been weakened by the disfranchisement of African Americans by racist policies and Jim Crow laws.
- The Republican Party began a resurgence in the '70s. In 1975 Sikes was accused by Common Cause of financial misconduct and was investigated and censured by the House in 1976.
- He did not seek re-election in 1978.
