Wallace E. Sturgis

Wallace Edwin Sturgis Sr. (1898–1966) was an American politician, attorney, and jurist in the state of Florida. He served as a member of the Florida Senate and President of the Florida Senate.

Background In an interview with the Ocala Evening Star, Sturgis stated that he was born on a cotton plantation in Swiftwater, Mississippi. A talented student, he became the youngest member of his class at the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College. He left college in 1916 to enlist in the United States Army, where he was stationed at the Mexico–United States border in Texas. After the start of World War I, Sturgis was stationed in France and as a commissioned officer.

After the war, Sturgis entered law school at the University of Virginia School of Law, though he completed his coursework at George Washington University Law School. While a law student, he worked at the United States General Land Office in Washington, D.C.

Sturgis died in March 1966 of a heart attack at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.