Ray C. Osborne

Raymond Claiborne Osborne (September 7, 1933 – March 3, 2011), was a Florida Republican Party politician who served as the first Lieutenant Governor of Florida under the state constitution of 1968. Osborne was the state's first lieutenant governor since 1889. Appointed[1] by Republican Governor Claude R. Kirk, Jr., Osborne was sworn in on January 7, 1969, for a term that lasted two years.[2][3]

Ray C. Osborne
Official portrait of Lt. Gov. Osborne circa 1969–1971
9th Lieutenant Governor of Florida
In office January 7, 1969 – January 5, 1971
Governor	Claude Roy Kirk
Preceded by	Milton H. Mabry
Succeeded by	Tom Adams
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
In office 1964-1968
Personal details
Born	(1933-09-07)September 7, 1933 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, US
Died	March 3, 2011(2011-03-03) (aged 77) Boca Raton, Florida
Political party	Republican

Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Osborne graduated from North Carolina State University in 1955. He then served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957. Osborne graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1961. Osborne moved with his wife to St. Petersburg, Florida. From 1964 to 1968, Osborne served in the Florida House of Representatives, and unsuccessfully ran for the Florida Public Service Commission in 1968. Osborne practiced law for many years in Boca Raton, Florida, until his death in March 2011.[4]