Politicians and statesmen abound at Evergreen. From city councilmen, to mayors, to state legislators, to U.S. Congressmen and a U.S. Senator, to a Tammany Hall styled political boss.
Leonard G. Dennis, a Union officer, remained in Florida after the civil war and became the nearly all powerful political boss of Alachua County for the decade of reconstruction.
When he wasn’t fighting a war, Jesse Johnson Finley, was all politician all the time. During his life he was Mayor of Memphis, a state senator in two states, a judge, a U.S. Congressman, and a U.S. Senator who never actually served.
Robert Wyche Davis was a 14 year old Confederate soldier turned lawyer who served four terms in Congress and near the end of his life was the Mayor of Gainesville.
George Kirkpatrick was a Florida State Senator best known for his support of the Rodman Reservoir but was also responsible for the Solid Waste Management Act that established recycling programs throughout Florida.
George Kirkpatrick
Jesse J. Finley
Leonard G. Dennis
Robert W. Davis