Quillian Yancey

Yancey in 1966

Quillian S. Yancey (September 6, 1922 – January 3, 2005) was an American politician in Florida.

Yancey served in Europe with the United States Army during World War II.[1] After the war ended, he graduated from Florida Southern College in 1949,[2] and later from the George Washington Law School.[1] He was an FBI agent in New York City and Washington D.C.[1]

Yancey, a member of the Democratic Party, served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1966 until 1972.[1] He served as a sheriff in Polk County in 1976,[3][4] and was elected state attorney that year.[1][2] He defeated Charles T. Canady for a state senate seat in 1990,[5][6] and chose not to run for reelection in 1992.[7]

He lived in Lakeland, Florida[8] where he owned a 260 acre ranch in North Lakeland.[1] He and his wife Norma H. Yancey had two sons and a daughter.[1] Author Rick Yancey is one of their sons.[9] Yancey died on January 3, 2005, at the age of 82.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Geary, Jason. "Former State Attorney Quillian Yancey Dies at 82". The Ledger.
  2. 1 2 "He served public for 4 decades". The Florida Times-Union. 2005-01-05. p. 13. Retrieved 2026-07-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "History of Polk County's Sheriffs | Polk County Sheriff's Office". www.polksheriff.org.
  4. ↑ Florida, State Library and Archives of. "Florida Memory • Quillian Yancey gets sworn in for his Sheriff position by Justice Ben Overton - Tallahassee, Florida". Florida Memory.
  5. ↑ "DEMOCRATS APPEAR TO KEEP POWER KEY RACES ARE CLOSE; GOP WINS ONE FOR SURE". Orlando Sentinel. November 7, 1990. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
  6. ↑ "SHEDDING LIGHT ON OSCEOLA BALLOTS: NEW DAWN OR PARTLY CLOUDY?". Orlando Sentinel. November 8, 1990. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
  7. ↑ Rufty, Bill (May 21, 1992). "Hopefuls savoring Yancey post". The Ledger. Lakeland, Florida. p. 1B, 2B. Retrieved July 25, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1266&context=dunn_phototouring
  9. ↑ White, Gary. "Former Lakeland Resident Heralded for Young Adult Literature". The Ledger. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
  10. ↑ Griffith, Kelly (January 5, 2005). "PUBLIC SERVANT QUILLIAN YANCEY, 82, WAS 'OF THE HIGHEST INTEGRITY'". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved July 26, 2026. Yancey died Monday of heart failure. He was 82. Yancey was recruited to run in 1990 to help Democrats regain control of the Senate.
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