R. B. Gautier Jr.

{{short description|Member Florida House of Representatives}}

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| name = Redmond Bunn Gautier Jr.

| rank = Lieutenant

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| occupation = Attorney

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| party = Democrat

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| office = Member of the Florida Senate representing Florida's 13th District

| term_start = 1949

| term_end = 1956

| office2 = Member of the Florida House of Representatives

| term_start2 = 1947

| term_end2 = 1948

| predecessor2 = George Shaffer Okell, Sr

| successor3 = William C Lantaff

| predecessor3 = George E Holt

| term_start3 = 1943

| term_end3 = 1943

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| birth_place = Miami, Florida, U.S.

| birth_date = April 3, 1909

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Redmond Bunn 'R.B.' Gautier Jr. (born April 3, 1909){{cite web |title=U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/2238/records/12747776?tid=&pid=&queryId=d3bff513-9ab7-4436-bb53-5b1405d7de71&_phsrc=Lbn7067&_phstart=successSource |website=Ancestry}} was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Florida state representative and senator.

Gautier Jr was born to City of Miami judge and later mayor, R.B. Gautier and Ida F Miller Gautier.{{Cite web|url=https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/FileStores/Web/HouseContent/Approved/Public%20Guide/Uploads/Documents/house_counties_final.pdf|title=Membership of the Florida House of Representatives by County|last=Ward|first=Robert|date=2011|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=17 Feb 2020}} The Gautiers were South Florida pioneers, moving to Miami shortly after its incorporation.

Gautier attended Miami High School, Riverside Military Academy and Washington and Lee University.{{cite news |title=Gautier gets commission in Navy |access-date=18 September 2023 |publisher=Miami Herald |date=May 30, 1943 |url=https://www.newsbank.com/}}

He was elected to serve in the Florida House of Representatives from 1943 to 1945. He gave up his seat to take a commission as a Navy officer in WWII but regained his seat after the war. {{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Allen |title=Gautier Gets Commission |accessdate=14 September 2023 |publisher=Miami Herald |date=May 30, 1943|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/}}

Gautier was a 1956 delegate to the 1956 Democratic National Convention{{cite web |title=FL Democratic Party |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-parties.html |website=Political Graveyard}}

Gautier was a trustee for the University of Miami.{{cite web |title=University of Miami 1968 |url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/University_Miami_Ibis_Yearbook/1968/Page_299.html |website=E Yearbook |accessdate=12 March 2020}}