serviceyears branch lieutenant death_date allegiance birth_date signature birthname term_end alma_mater death_place term_start order spouse image rank name resting_place predecessor birth_place president party office successor religion article_title
1946 -- 1948 united states 23px thomas adams jim williams 13 march 2014 united states 11 september 1928 reubin askew 's signature.png reubin o'donovan askew january 2 , 1979 january 20 , 1981 florida state university , tallahassee university of florida tallahassee , florida , u.s. january 5 , 1971 january 2 , 1979 37th governor of florida donna lou harper florida governor reubin askew.jpg 15px sergeant paratrooper reubin askew bayview memorial park pensacola , florida claude kirk robert strauss muskogee , oklahoma , u.s. jimmy carter democratic 7th united states trade representative bob graham bill brock presbyterianism reubin askew

reubin askew

reubin o'donovan askew -lrb- september 11 , 1928 -- march 13 , 2014 -rrb- was an american politician , who served as the 37th governor of the u.s. state of florida from 1971 to 1979 .
he led on tax reform , civil rights , and financial transparency for public officials , maintaining an outstanding reputation for personal integrity .
askew is widely thought to have been one of the state 's best governors ; in 2014 the tampa bay times ranked him the second best governor in florida history and the john f. kennedy school of government at harvard university rated him one of the country 's top ten governors of the 20th century .
