Newman Collins Brackin

Newman Collins Brackin Sr. (1908 – July 1969) was an American businessman and politician. He served in the Florida Senate for 16 years including as President of the Florida Senate in 1949. He owned a drugstore and was part owner of a car dealer, both in Crestview, Florida. He resided in Okaloosa County for 35 years.[1] He served in the Florida House of Representatives in 1941 and 1943 before moving to the Florida Senate in 1945 and serving until 1959. A Democrat, he represented the First District in the state senate. He is not listed in office during 1953 and 1955.[2]

He owned Brackin's Drug Store. He was a member of the First Methodist Church.[1]

The Florida Archives have a photo of him receiving a parking ticket while holding his horse.[3] The Florida Archives has a photo of him speaking at the Florida Watermelon Festival in Leesburg, Florida in 1949.[4] In 1949 he spoke at the Jackson Day Dinner at the Pensacola Yacht Club.[5] In May 1949 he was photographed alongside Florida governor Fuller Warren and some of his fellow state legislators accepting strawberries from growers.[6] In 1959 he was photographed riding a horse in Crestview, Florida.[7]

He died at Fort Walton Beach Hospital and was buried at Live Oak Park Cemetery.[1] A concurrent resolution in memoriam was recorded in the Florida Senate.[8]

Newman C. Brackin Wayside Park is on Okaloosa Island in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Obituary for Newman Collin Brackin (Aged 61)". Newspapers.com. July 9, 1969. p. 19.
  2. ↑ "The People of Lawmaking in Florida : 1822 - 2019" (PDF). Floridamemory.com. Retrieved July 13, 2026.
  3. ↑ Florida, State Library and Archives of. "Florida Memory • Senator Newman Brackin playfully accepts a parking ticket for overtime on his horse - Crestview, Florida". Florida Memory.
  4. ↑ Florida, State Library and Archives of. "Florida Memory • Florida Senate President Newwan C. Brackin speaking at the Florida Watermelon Festival - Leesburg, Florida". Florida Memory.
  5. ↑ Florida, State Library and Archives of. "Florida Memory • Florida Senate President Newman Brackin speaking at the Jackson Day Dinner at the Pensacola Yacht Club - Pensacola, Florida". Florida Memory.
  6. ↑ Florida, State Library and Archives of. "Florida Memory • Governor Fuller Warren accepting strawberries from Florida growers". Florida Memory.
  7. ↑ Florida, State Library and Archives of. "Florida Memory • Senator Newman Brackin on horseback - Crestview, Florida". Florida Memory.
  8. ↑ Senate, Florida Legislature (July 10, 1969). "Journal of the Senate, State of Florida". The State – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ "Newman C. Brackin Wayside Park (The Boardwalk) | Okaloosa County". Myokaloosa.com.
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