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Bill Nelson
Clarence William "Bill" Nelson II is a politician who serves as the senior United States Senator from Florida.He has been in office since 2001. Nelson started in the Florida House of Representatives, where he work from 1973 to 1979. He was elected to United States House of Representatives in 1978, serving to 1991. January 1986, Nelson became the second United States Congress member to fly in space. He was a Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia.
Nelson was born in Miami, the only child of Nannie Merle and Clarence William Nelson. His father died of a heart attack when Nelson was 14 and his mother of Lou Gehrig's disease when he was 24. …show more content…

In 1965, he joined the U.S. Army Reserve during the Vietnam War. He served on active duty from 1968 to 1970, gaining the rank of captain, and stayed in the Army until 1971. Nelson began practicing law in Melbourne in 1970.
In 1986, Nelson became the second member of Congress to travel into space. He was a Payload Specialist on 's STS-61-C mission from January 12 to 18, 1986. Columbia landed at Edwards AFB at 5:59 a.m. PST, on January 18. Mission elapsed time was 6 days, 2 hours, 3 minutes, 51 seconds. It was the last successful Space Shuttle flight before the Challenger.
He retired from Congress in 1990 to run for Governor of Florida but was unsuccessful. He became Treasurer , Insurance Commissioner ,and Fire Marshal of Florida, serving from 1995 till

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