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{{short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Mallory Horne
| image               = Mallory E Horne.jpg
| imagesize           = 
| caption             = 
| order               = 
| office              = [[List of presidents of the Florida Senate|President of the Florida Senate]]
| term_start          = November 21, 1972
| term_end            = July 1, 1974
| predecessor         = [[Jerry Thomas (Florida politician)|Jerry Thomas]]
| successor           = [[Dempsey J. Barron]]
| office2             = [[Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives]]
| preceded2           = [[Bill Chappell]]
| succeeded2          = [[E. C. Rowell]]
| order2              = 
| term_start2         = 1962
| term_end2           = 1963
| predecessor2        = 
| successor2          = 
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1925|04|17}}
| birth_place         = [[Tavares, Florida]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2009|04|30|1925|04|17}}
| death_place         = [[Tallahassee, Florida]]
| profession          = [[Lawyer]]
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
| footnotes           = 
| spouse              = Anne Livingston, Mary Lou Reichert
| allegiance          = {{flag|United States|1912}}
| branch              = {{flag|United States Air Force}}
| serviceyears        = 
| battles             = [[World War II]]
| unit                = 
| rank                = [[Captain (United States)|Captain]]
| signature           = 
| state_senate1       = Florida
| termstart1          = March 28, 1967
| constituency1       = 5th (1967–1972)<br>4th (1972–1974)
| termend1            = July 1, 1974
| successor1          = [[Pat Thomas (politician)|Pat Thomas]]
| predecessor1        = [[George G. Tapper]]
}}

'''Mallory E. Horne''' (April 17, 1925 – April 30, 2009) was the speaker of the [[Florida House of Representatives]], and president of the [[Florida Senate]], becoming the third person in state history to hold both positions, after [[Ion Farris]] and [[Philip Dell]].

== Background ==
Horne was a [[United States Army Air Forces]] [[Aviator|pilot]] during [[World War II]]. After the war, Mallory continued to serve in the [[United States Air Force]] and [[Air Force Reserve]], being later honorably discharged at the rank of captain. He attended the [[University of Florida]], and served as the chancellor of the Student Government Honor Court in 1949.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sg.ufl.edu/About/History/HonorCourtChancellorHistory |title=University of Florida Student Government website |access-date=2012-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502202131/http://www.sg.ufl.edu/About/History/HonorCourtChancellorHistory |archive-date=2016-05-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Becoming a lawyer, Horne opened his own practice in [[Tallahassee, Florida]], and was elected as statewide president of the Junior Bar of Florida (for lawyers under the age of 36).

== Political career ==
Horne served in the Florida State Legislature, rising to the positions of speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and president of the Florida State Senate.

Horne was the second post-Reconstruction person to serve as both speaker of the House and president of the Senate, after Ion Farris. He was credited as "chiefly responsible for keeping the state capital in Tallahassee against an effort to move it [south] to [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]".<ref>[http://www.pnj.com/article/20090430/NEWS01/90430016/1006 Obituary #1]</ref>

Horne left the legislature after an unsuccessful run for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination in 1974, working as a lawyer and a lobbyist.

== Scandal ==
Horne was tried and acquitted in 1985 on charges of money laundering when federal investigators alleged that he had smuggled marijuana into the United States from the Cayman Island on the twin-engined airplane he piloted.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130203143904/http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/apr/30/legislator-mallory-horne-dies-84/ Obituary #2]</ref>

== Family ==
Mallory married Anne Livingston in 1944. They later had two sons, Mallory, Jr. and David. After divorce, he later married Mary Lou Reichert.

== Death ==
Mallory Horne died from [[lung cancer]], aged 84, on April 30, 2009.<ref name="Legacy">{{cite web|title=Mallory E. Horne|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tallahassee/obituary.aspx?pid=126801726|website=Legacy|accessdate=4 November 2016}}</ref> He was survived by his wife, his son Mallory, Jr., and a stepson, Don. He was predeceased by his son, David Horne.

== References ==
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{{Speakers of the Florida House of Representatives}}

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