The History Makers: THE HONORABLE FLOYD GRIFFIN

Floyd Griffin was born and raised in Milledgeville, Georgia. Griffin holds an associate's degree in funeral service from Grupton Jones College, a bachelor's in building construction from Tuskegee Institute, and a master's degree in contract procurement and management from the Florida Institute of Technology. He is also a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College and the National War College. Griffin is the first African American mayor of Milledgeville. 

Floyd Griffin is vice president of Slater Funeral Home in Milledgeville, a Griffin family-owned business. He served 23 years in the U.S. military beginning in 1967. Griffin was a helicopter pilot and flight instructor in Vietnam, then served a tour in Germany, where he was a logistics officer, battalion chief, and director of engineering and housing. He was later assigned to the Pentagon. Following his retirement from the military in 1990, Griffin taught military science at Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University.

Ballotpedia: Floyd Griffin

Floyd Griffin is currently the Mayor of Milledgeville, Georgia. He was elected to this position in 2001, and has served 6 terms in this position. His first political position was as a Georgia State Senator, and he was elected in 1994. Since then, he has run for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia in 1998, State Senate in 2010, State House of Representatives in 2016, and Georgia Secretary of State in 2022 but lost all of these races. 

As of July 25, 2024, Floyd Griffin did not have a website or any information online.

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13WMAZ: Former Mayor of Milledgeville Floyd Griffin announces candidacy for Georgia State House District 149

The Baldwin Bulletin: Griffin announces run for Ga. State House Dist. 149

According to candidate's team, he has "he lived through the discriminatory poll tax laws that were put in place to keep poor Blacks in the south from voting" and has "been a leader in the fight for voting rights for Black voters in Georgia for decades... after years of fighting for Civil Rights as an activist".

Supports making voting more accessible and stop "widespread voter suppression".

- According to candidate's team, he has "he lived through the discriminatory poll tax laws that were put in place to keep poor Blacks in the south from voting" and has "been a leader in the fight for voting rights for Black voters in Georgia for decades... after years of fighting for Civil Rights as an activist".
- Supports making voting more accessible and stop "widespread voter suppression".

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Ken and his wife have 2 children. He earned his Master's of Public Administration degree from Columbus State University.

Ken was the Executive Director of the Peace Officers Standards and Training Council of Georgia (P.O.S.T.). He was in law enforcement for 38 years. He was also an Adjunct Professor in the Command College at Columbus State University.


Ken Vance was a city councilman in Milledgeville, GA, the youngest elected and longest serving member for 28 years.


As of July 25, 2024, Ken Vance did not have a website or any information online.

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