Alcee Hastings
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 20th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Debbie Wasserman Schultz |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 23rd district |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Debbie Wasserman Schultz |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | |
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In office November 2, 1979 – October 20, 1989 |
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| Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Federico Moreno |
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Alcee Lamar Hastings September 5, 1936 Altamonte Springs, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Howard University Fisk University (BA) Florida A&M University (JD) |
Alcee Lamar Hastings /ˈælsiː/ (born September 5, 1936) is the U.S. Representative for Florida's 20th congressional district, serving in Congress since 1993. The district, numbered as the 23rd District from 1993 to 2013, includes most of the majority-black precincts in and around Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He served as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida from 1979, until his impeachment and removal from that post in 1989.
Born in Altamonte Springs, Florida, Hastings was educated at Howard University in Washington, D.C. and Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. He earned his bachelor's degree in zoology and botany from Fisk in 1958. He received his law degree from Florida A&M University in 1963. While in school, he became a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. He began to practice law in 1964.
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