Henry Holland Buckman
Henry Holland Buckman (1858–1914) was an attorney from Duval County, Florida. He served as a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives.[1][2] He served on the Judiciary Committee. He also served as a member for the 18th district of the Florida Senate.[2]
Buckman is known for being the author of the Buckman Act, a 1905 law that reorganized higher education into three institutions,
gender
, as follows:
- the Florida Female College (the present Florida State University) for Caucasian women;
- the State Normal and Industrial College for Colored Students (the present African Americanmen and women; and
- the University of the State of Florida (the present University of Florida) for Caucasian men.
The Buckman Act also created the
U.S. Supreme Court
.
Buckman was also instrumental in establishing a state road system in Florida and developing the St. Johns River channel.[citation needed]
Honors
are both named for Representative Buckman. The Henry H. Buckman Lock is part of theCross Florida Barge Canal
project, also named in honor of Buckman.
Notes
- ^ Ward, Robert (August 3, 2011). "Membership of the Florida House of Representatives by County 1845–2012" (PDF). Florida House of Representatives. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2024 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b "The People of Lawmaking Florida 1822 – 2019", Florida Legislature, February 2019
- ^ "University of Florida Foundation". www.uff.ufl.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-05-30.