Palm Beach County FlArchives Biographies.....Wideman, Jerome E. March 20, 1892 - 
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Source: Vol. II  pg.106  The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923
Author: History of Florida, Past and Present 

        JEROME E. WIDEMAN is not only one of the representative younger members 
of the bar of his native state but also has the distinction of being Florida 
State Commander of the American Legion, his election to this office having 
occurred at the annual convention of the Florida Legion held at West Palm Beach 
in March, 1922. He is established in the successful practice of his profession 
at West Palm Beach, and apropos of his election to his present office as 
commander of the American Legion for the State of Florida the following 
statements appeared in a recent newspaper article: “He was a member of the 
group that met May 16, 1919, and planned organization of the local post of the 
American Legion, and on the organization of this post he was elected its 
commander, his re-election having followed the expiration of his first term. He 
was a delegate from Florida to the annual national convention of the American 
Legion at Kansas City, and is a retiring member of the Florida department’s 
executive committee. Captain Wideman was a prime mover in the campaign to bring 
the 1922 state convention of the Legion to West Palm Beach, and was a member of 
the joint committee of the local post and the Sun Dancers for the conduct of 
the convention and celebration.”
	Captain Wideman was born at Micanopy, Alachua County, Florida, on the 
20th of March, 1892, and is a son of Col. JOHN W. and JULIA (EDWARDS) WIDEMAN. 
Colonel Wideman was born in South Carolina but has been for many years a
resident of Florida, where he served as colonel on the staff of Governor
Gilchrist and where he is an honored and influential citizen of Alachua County.
	Capt. JEROME E. WIDEMAN received excellent educational discipline prior 
to initiating preparation for his chosen profession. He entered the law 
department of Stetson University, at De Land, and in this institution he was 
graduated as a member of the class of 1914, his reception of the degree of 
Bachelor of Laws having been virtually coincident with his admission to the bar 
of his native state. He has since been successfully engaged in the practice of 
his profession at West Palm Beach, save for the period of his army service and 
that of his incumbency of the office of County Judge of Palm Beach County. He 
held for two years the office of prosecuting attorney of this county, and at 
the expiration of his term was appointed to the bench of the County Court, in 
which connection he had the distinction of being at the time the youngest 
county judge in the state. He resigned this judicial office in August, 1917, to 
enter the Second Officers’ Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in 
preparation for active service in connection with the World war. He won 
commission as second lieutenant and was assigned to duty on the Mexican border, 
as a member of the Twenty-fourth United States Infantry. He was there promoted
to first lieutenant and there he was retained in service until the signing of
the armistice brought the World war to a close. He received his honorable
discharge January 15, 1919, and was commissioned a captain in the reserve corps
of the United States Army. His high place in the confidence and esteem of his
comrades in the American Legion needs no further voucher than his election to
the office of commander of the Florida Department of this fine patriotic
organization.


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