What is Ralph Turlington?
[[File:RDTurlington.jpg|right|200px]] '''Ralph Donald Turlington, Sr.''' (October 5, 1920 &ndash; May 14, 2021) was an American politician. He was born in [[Gainesville, Florida]]. Turlington was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. He was a member of the [[Florida House of Representatives]] between 1950 through 1975. Between 1967 through 1969, he was the [[List of Speakers of the Florida House of Representatives|Speaker of the State House]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/FileStores/Web/HouseContent/Approved/Public%20Guide/Uploads/Documents/house_counties_final.pdf |title=Membership of the Florida House of Representatives by County, 1845-2012 |author=Ward, Robert L. / Florida House of Representatives |year=2011 |access-date=December 11, 2011}}</ref> Turlington died on May 14, 2021 in [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]] at the age of 100.<ref>[https://www.wjhg.com/2021/05/14/man-who-created-florida-lottery-dies-at-100/ Man who created Florida Lottery dies at 100]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Turlington, Ralph}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:American centenarians]] [[Category:Members of the Florida Legislature]] [[Category:Politicians from Florida]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:People from Gainesville, Florida]] {{US-bio-stub}}