Chester Bartow McMullen was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Florida. McMullen was born in Largo, Florida to Eli B. and Emma Cox McMullen and attended Largo High School. His paternal grandfather, Daniel McMullen (d. 1908), was one of Largo's first homesteaders, and his father was PInellas County's first Tax Collector upon its secession from Hillsborough County in 1912. He graduated from the University of Florida College of Law in 1924.

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  • Chester Bartow McMullen was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Florida. McMullen was born in Largo, Florida to Eli B. and Emma Cox McMullen and attended Largo High School. His paternal grandfather, Daniel McMullen (d. 1908), was one of Largo's first homesteaders, and his father was PInellas County's first Tax Collector upon its secession from Hillsborough County in 1912. He graduated from the University of Florida College of Law in 1924. He was admitted to the bar the same year and entered private practice in Clearwater, Florida. McMullen served as prosecuting attorney of Pinellas County from 1927 to 1928. In 1923 while at UF he married Veda E. Ulmer, daughter of prominent Largo planter and banker M.W. Ulmer. They had two children: Chester Jr. and Elizabeth. McMullen was elected state attorney for Florida's Sixth Judicial Circuit in 1930. He served as state attorney for 20 years, until he was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives as the member from Florida's 1st congressional district in the 1950 election. He served only a single term, from January 3, 1951 to January 3, 1953; he was not a candidate for renomination in 1952. McMullen served as director of the First National Bank of Clearwater. He died in Clearwater in 1953 and was interred in Sylvan Abbey there.
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  • Chester Bartow McMullen was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Florida. McMullen was born in Largo, Florida to Eli B. and Emma Cox McMullen and attended Largo High School. His paternal grandfather, Daniel McMullen (d. 1908), was one of Largo's first homesteaders, and his father was PInellas County's first Tax Collector upon its secession from Hillsborough County in 1912. He graduated from the University of Florida College of Law in 1924.
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