Tom Slade — a hard-drinking, seafaring tactician who steered Republicans to political dominance in Florida — died Monday in Orange Park at age 78 from complications associated with heart failure. The ...

Thomas Howell Slade Jr., 78, of Orange Park, Florida, formerly of Starke, Florida, died peacefully on Monday, October 20, 2014. He was born on March 13, 1936 in Baxley, Georgia to Tom and Flo Slade, ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - Tom Slade --- a hard-drinking, seafaring tactician who steered Republicans to political dominance in Florida --- died Monday in Orange Park at age 78 from complications ...

Tom Slade, a giant in Florida Republican politics, died Monday at the age of 78. Slade is best known in political circles for his six-year term as head of the state GOP. He took over in 1993, at a ...

Former state senator Tom Slade, center, who died Monday, is applauded by outgoing state party chief Van Poole, left, and opponent for the post Sherry Plymale after Slade was elected as chairman of the ...

Former lawmaker and longtime Republican Party leader Tom Slade died Monday at Orange Park Medical Center following heart failure last week, a family spokeswoman said. Mr. Slade "was unable to be ...

Memorial services for Tom Slade, the former state lawmaker and Republican Party state chairman, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5 at Orange Park United Methodist Church, a spokeswoman said. He died ...

Slade, Jr., Thomas 78, of Orange Park, Florida, formerly of Starke, Florida, died peacefully on Monday, October 20, 2014. He was born on March 13, 1936 in Baxley, Georgia to Tom and Flo Slade, and ...

ORANGE PARK, Fla. – Tom Slade -- a hard-drinking, seafaring tactician who steered Republicans to political dominance in Florida -- died Monday in Orange Park at age 78 from complications associated ...

Republican state Sen. Tom Slade, center, is applauded by outgoing party chief Van Poole, left, and opponent Sherry Plymale after Slade was elected chairman in the early 1990s. Former Times Staffer ...

"Tom Slade was one of the best of a class of old-school intuitive politicians, the mold for which has long since been broken. He was a Southern gentleman. He was a ruthless fighter. He was a charming ...

Tom Slade, one of the smartest, funniest, and most consequential political operators in modern Florida history, died this afternoon at age 78, his sister confirms. "I can't think of anyone as ...