Richard H. Langley (February 22, 1937 – August 9, 2017) was an American attorney and politician in the state of

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. Langley was born in Lakeland. He attended the

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. He served in the

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for the 35th district from 1973 to 1978, as a Republican. He was elected to the

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for the 11th district in 1980 and served until 1992. He served on Florida's 1997 Constitutional Revision Commission.

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1937 births 2017 deaths Republican Party members of the Florida House of Representatives Republican Party Florida state senators 20th-century members of the Florida Legislature {{Florida-FLSenate-stub