What is Alcee Hastings?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Alcee Hastings |image = Alcee Hastings Official portrait 108th Congress.jpg |office = Member of the<br />[[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]<br />from [[Florida]] |term_start = January 3, 1993 |term_end = April 6, 2021 |predecessor = Constituency established |successor = [[Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick]] |constituency = [[Florida's 23rd congressional district|23rd district]] {{nowrap|(1993–2013)}}<br />[[Florida's 20th congressional district|20th district]] {{nowrap|(2013–2021)}} |office1 = Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida]] |appointer1 = [[Jimmy Carter]] |term_start1 = November 2, 1979 |term_end1 = October 20, 1989 |predecessor1 = Seat established |successor1 = [[Federico A. Moreno]] |office2 = Judge of the [[Florida circuit courts|Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida]] |term_start2 = May 2, 1977 |term_end2 = October 31, 1979 |predecessor2 = Stewart F. LaMotte |successor2 = Harry G. Hinckley Jr. |appointer2 = [[Reubin Askew]] |birth_name = Alcee Lamar Hastings |birth_date = {{birth date|1936|9|5}} |birth_place = [[Altamonte Springs, Florida]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2021|4|6|1936|9|5}} |spouse = Twice divorced<br>{{marriage|Patricia Williams|2019}} |children = 3 |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |education = [[Fisk University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Howard University]]<br />[[Florida A&M University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} '''Alcee Lamar Hastings''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|l|s|iː}} (September 5, 1936 &ndash; April 6, 2021) was an American politician and judge. He was the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for {{ushr|Florida|20}} from January 3, 1993 until April 6, 2021. The district included most of the majority-black precincts in and around [[Fort Lauderdale]] and [[West Palm Beach]]. He was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat