James Bryan Whitfield was a Florida lawyer. He served as the 11th State Treasurer of Florida , 17th Attorney General of Florida , and longtime Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida.
Whitfield was born on the family plantation in Wayne County, North Carolina. Whitfields father Richard A. Whitfield moved the family to Leon County, Florida around 1860 to start a cotton plantation and became an elected county judge there.
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