Claude Kirk

Claude Roy Kirk, Jr. (January 7, 1926 – September 28, 2011) was the 36th governor of Florida serving from 1967 until 1971 and the first Republican governor of the state since Reconstruction.

Quotes

 * If I'm elected, I may have to sign your death warrants.
 * Said to death row inmates during his campaign, quoted on Miami News Time, "FORMER FLORIDA GOV. CLAUDE KIRK, "A TREE-SHAKIN' SON OF A BITCH," DIES AT 85", September 28, 2011


 * This is Claude Kirk, Governor of Florida. Do you read my press? Then you know that I'm a tree-shakin' son of a bitch
 * Kirk proudly told Times, quoted on Times, "Florida: I, Claudius", Dec. 15, 1967