Question: What Florida lawmaker was known as the Lion of St. Johns?
Answer: Verle A. Pope
Verle Allyn Pope (December 12, 1903 – July 18, 1973), nicknamed The Lion of St. Johns, was a prominent Florida legislator, serving for 24 years in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate. Born in Jacksonville to deaf parents, he attended high school, and was prominent in athletics and speech.
