Park Monroe Trammell (April 9, 1876 – May 8, 1936), was an American attorney and politician from the state of Florida.
As chair of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, Trammell was essential in the creation of several laws that revitalized the United States Navy.
When he was a young child, Trammell and his parents moved to a citrus farm near Lakeland, Florida.
Trammell attended Vanderbilt University in 1898, before enlisting in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War.
After securing the Democratic nomination, Trammell defeated four other candidates in the general election, receiving 80% of the vote.
Trammell's governorship was also known for his blatant racism, endorsing racial segregation and overlooking the lynching of African Americans.
[11] While Trammell was state attorney general, none of the 29 lynchings of black men during his term were prosecuted, nor were the 21 that occurred during his governorship.
[12] Trammell ran for the U.S. Senate in the 1916 election, defeating incumbent Nathan P. Bryan in the Democratic primary.
Opinions on the New Deal were additionally changing across the South, with many Southern Democrats who initially supported the legislation beginning to vote against it.
[5] During his time in the Senate, Trammell was often referred to as the most useless member of the body, having missed 642 out of 3,168 roll call votes across his entire tenure.
[4] Trammell's senatorial papers were donated to the Lakeland Public Library and the University of Florida after his death.