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Frederica Wilson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Florida's 24th district
17th (2011–2013)
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2011
Preceded by
Kendrick Meek
Member of the Florida Senate
from the 33rd district
In office
November 5, 2002 – December 31, 2010
Preceded by
Redistricted
Succeeded by
Oscar Braynon
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
from the 104th district
In office
November 3, 1998 – November 5, 2002
Preceded by
Kendrick Meek
Succeeded by
Redistricted
Personal details
Born
Frederica Patricia Smith
(1942-11-05) November 5, 1942 (age 75)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse(s)
Paul Wilson (m. 1963; his death 1988)
Children
3
Education
Fisk University (BA)
University of Miami (MA)
Website
House website
Frederica Smith Wilson (born Frederica Patricia Smith; November 5, 1942) is a politician who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 2011. Located in South Florida, Wilson's congressional district—numbered the 17th during her first two years in Congress, and the 24th since 2013—is a majority African-American district that includes the southern parts of Broward County and the eastern parts of Miami-Dade County. Included within the district are Opa-locka, Hollywood, Miramar, and North Miami. She gained national attention in early 2012 as a result of her high-profile comments on the death of Trayvon Martin.[1][2]
Wilson is a member of the Democratic Party.[3] The seat she was elected to became available when the incumbent Kendrick Meek ran for a seat in the Senate in 2010.
Wilson is known for her large and colorful hats, of which she owns several hundred. She has gone through efforts to get Congress to lift its ban on head coverings during House sessions, which dates back to 1837.[4][5]
Contents
1 Early life, education, and early career
2 Florida legislature
3 U.S. House of Representatives
3.1 2010 election
3.2 Committee assignments
3.3 Caucus memberships
3.4 2012 election
3.5 2014 election
3.6 2016 election
3.7 Tenure
4 Personal life
5 Electoral history
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Early life, education, and early career[edit]
Wilson was born Frederica Smith on November 5, 1942, in Miami, Florida, the daughter of Beulah (née Finley) and Thirlee Smith. Her maternal grandparents were Bahamian.[6][7] Wilson earned her bachelor of arts degree from Fisk University in 1963,[8] and her master of arts degree from the University of Miami in 1972.[9] She served as the principal of Skyway Elementary School in Miami.[10] In 1992 she left her position as principal to serve on the Miami-Dade County School Board. While a member of the school board,[10] Wilson started 5000 Role Models of Excellence, an in-school mentoring program.[10]
Florida legislature[edit]
Wilson represented District 104 in the Florida House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002.[10] She then represented the 33rd District[11] in the Florida Senate from 2002 until her election to Congress in 2010 when term limits prevented her from running again.[10] She served as Minority Leader Pro Tempore in 2006, then Minority Whip.
An early supporter of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, she voted for Obama and Joe Biden in 2008 as one of Florida's presidential electors.[12]
U.S. House of Representatives[edit]
Chief Judge Kevin Michael Moore, swearing in Members of Congress Carlos Curbelo, Frederica Wilson, Mario Díaz-Balart, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. (February 2015)
2010 election[edit]
Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2010 § District 17
When Kendrick Meek retired from Florida's 17th congressional district to run for the United States Senate in 2010, Wilson ran for the open seat and won the Democratic nomination to take it.[13] She won the general election on November 2, 2010, without electoral opposition in a district where the Democratic nomination is tantamount to election.
She is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.[14]
Committee assignments[edit]
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
Committee on Science, Space and Technology
Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation
Caucus memberships[edit]
Congressional Black Caucus[15]
Congressional Arts Caucus[16]
Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus[17]
2012 election[edit]
Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2012 § District 24
2014 election[edit]
Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2014 § District 24
2016 election[edit]
Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2016 § District 24
Tenure[edit]
Education
During her career as an educator, she founded the 5000 Role Models program, which seeks to bring down dropout rates. Since her time in the Florida legislature, she has strongly opposed standardized testing.[18] She has expressed concern with the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT), suggesting that the funds spent administering the standardized test would be better spent on improving education by hiring more teachers, and proposing in 2012 that tutoring companies be banned from exploiting vulnerable children, "even if it means banning companies like Ignite! Learning, founded by ex-Governor Jeb Bush's brother, Neil".[19]
Tea Party
Frederica Wilson has taken a vocal opposition to the Tea Party. At a Miami town hall meeting in 2011, she told citizens to remember that the Tea Party is the real enemy and that they hold Congress hostage. She expressed her belief that they had one goal in mind: "to make President Obama a one-term president."[20]
Trayvon Martin case
Wilson took a vocal stance in the death of Trayvon Martin, who was a constituent of hers and whose family she says she has known all her life. She has been both praised and criticized for stating shortly after the killing the motive of the accused, George Zimmerman, was racism. She suggested in March 2012 that Zimmerman had "hunted" Martin, based simply on his race.[21] She said, "Mr. Zimmerman should be arrested immediately for his own safety."[1][2]
In March 2012, in a statement on the floor of the House of Representatives, Wilson said, "Justice must be served. No more racial profiling!"[22] Describing the incident as a "classic example of racial profiling quickly followed by murder", she called for Zimmerman to be arrested.[23] Wilson organized a rally in Miami on April 1, 2012, calling for Zimmerman's imprisonment. She criticized Florida's self-defense gun law, the so-called "Stand Your Ground" law, in the wake of Martin's killing, even though she voted for it as a legislator. She expressed her feeling that when new laws go on the books that work against the people, the laws "should be looked at and repealed."[24] In April 2012, Wilson said that the death of Martin was "definitely" murder.[25] However, on July 13, 2013, a jury acquitted Zimmerman of the charges of second degree murder and manslaughter.[26]
Concern was raised about Wilson's outspoken comments, with some asking if her rhetoric was "making it more difficult for the prosecutor to do her job."[27] Wilson has been calling for tougher laws to prevent racial profiling.[28]
Anti-hazing
Further information: List of hazing deaths in the United States
Wilson led efforts to combat bullying and hazing both as the South Atlantic Regional Director for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and as a member of Congress.[29] A Miami Herald reporter nicknamed her "The Haze Buster" for her public stance against hazing. She was part of a coalition of African-American fraternity and sorority leaders who launched an anti-hazing campaign after the 2011 death of Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion Jr.[30]
Recognition
MSNBC's "The Grio", an African-American news and opinion platform, named Wilson to "The Grio 100" for 2012.[31]
Shooting of Charles Kinsey
Main article: Shooting of Charles Kinsey
After the release of the video showing police shooting mental health therapist Charles Kinsey in her district, Wilson tweeted in July 2016 that she was shocked and angered by Kinsey's shooting. She added that "Like everyone else I have one question: Why?"[32]
Death of Sgt. La David Johnson
Following the death of Sgt. La David Johnson on October 4, 2017, in an attack in Niger, Wilson told the press that on October 16, 2017, President Trump had called Johnson's widow while she was on the way to Miami International Airport for the arrival of Johnson’s remains. In the car with her were Johnson's mother and other family members, as well as Wilson, a long-time friend of the family.[33][34][35][36][37] The widow put the call on speakerphone so that Wilson and others in the car heard it. Wilson stated Trump "was almost like joking" and that he said "he (La David) knew what he signed up for, but I guess it still hurt". Trump later called Wilson's characterization of the conversation a "fabrication."[38][39] Johnson's mother confirmed Wilson's account on October 18,[40] at which point the White House ceased disputing Wilson's account of the phone call and instead claimed that she was "mischaracterizing the spirit" of the conversation.[39] On October 23, Johnson's widow also confirmed Wilson's account.[41]
On October 19, 2017, White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly gave a press briefing at the White House. Kelly, who is a gold star parent and was present at Trump's end during the phone conversation, did not deny that Trump said the words reported.[35] But he defended Trump's comments "forcefully and emotionally", saying that Trump "in his way tried to express that opinion that he’s a brave man, a fallen hero."[35] He also attacked Wilson for having listened to the phone call and falsely claimed she had a "history of politicizing what should be sacred moments", citing the 2015 dedication of an FBI field office in Miami as an example. He claimed that her speech at that ceremony was "about how she was instrumental in getting the funding for that building" from then-President Barack Obama.[35]
Kelly's statement was disproven by the video recording of the event.[42][43][44] During her nine-minute speech, Wilson spoke for less than three minutes about leading an effort to expedite a bill through congress. The bill’s purpose was naming the FBI building after two FBI agents slain in the line of duty; the bill would normally not have become law in time for the building’s dedication ceremony. Wilson dedicated the remainder of her speech to acknowledging other politicians involved in the effort, thanking FBI personnel, and talking about the slain agents.[45][46] The FBI secured the building's funding in 2009, before Wilson became a congresswoman in 2011.[44] The Miami Herald reported that Kelly had misquoted the cost of the building as $20 million versus the actual $194 million.[47] As a result, several newspapers have called for Kelly to apologize to Wilson.[48][49][50] The White House said the video did not capture all of Wilson's comments.[51]
Personal life[edit]
Wilson is widowed. She has three children.[9] Wilson is an avid wearer of hats. She has a large collection that includes hundreds of hats of all different varieties. She wears one every day. During the tenure of former House Speaker John Boehner, she unsuccessfully asked him to waive the rule which prohibits the wearing of hats on the floor of the House of Representatives, a rule in place since 1837.[4]
Electoral history[edit]
2010 17th congressional district of Florida Democratic primary election[52]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Democratic Frederica Wilson 16,653 35%
Democratic Rudy Moise 7,769 16%
Democratic Shirley Gibson 5,777 12%
Democratic Yolly Roberson 4,921 10%
Democratic Phillip Brutus 4,068 8%
Democratic Marleine Bastien 2,889 6%
Democratic Scott Galvin 2,653 6%
Democratic James Bush 2,630 5%
Democratic Andre Williams 842 2%
2010 17th congressional district of Florida general election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Democratic Frederica Wilson 106,361 86.2
Independent Roderick D. Vereen 17,009 13.8
2012 24th congressional district of Florida Democratic primary election[53]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Democratic Frederica Wilson 42,764 65.4
Democratic Rudy Moise 22,650 34.6
2014 24th congressional district of Florida primary election[53]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Democratic Frederica Wilson 35,456 80.4
Democratic Michael Etienne 8,628 19.6
2014 24th congressional district of Florida general election[53]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Democratic Frederica Wilson 129,192 86.2
Republican Dufirstson Julio Neree 15,239 10.2
Independent Luis Fernandez 5,487 3.7
2016 24th congressional district of Florida primary election[54]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Democratic Frederica Wilson 50,716 78.4
Democratic Randal Hill 13,968 21.6
See also[edit]
List of African-American United States Representatives
Women in the United States House of Representatives
References[edit]
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External links[edit]
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson official U.S. House site
Frederica Wilson for U.S. Congress
Frederica Wilson at Curlie (based on DMOZ)
Appearances on C-SPAN
Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Profile at Vote Smart
Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
Legislation sponsored at the Library of Congress
Representative Frederica S. Wilson (1998–2002) at the Florida House of Representatives
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Kendrick Meek Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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Tom Rooney
Preceded by
Sandy Adams Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Florida's 24th congressional district
2013–present Incumbent
Current U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
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Daniel Webster United States Representatives by seniority
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