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'''Thomas Patterson Maney''' (born May 1948) is an American politician. He served in the [[United States Army]], retiring in 2007 with the rank of brigadier general. Maney was appointed to a county judgeship in Florida in 1989, and retired from the position in 2018. He has served as a member of the [[Florida House of Representatives]] since 2020.
==Early life, education and military career==
Born in [[Lexington, Kentucky]], Maney attended the [[University of Kentucky]] in his hometown where he was a member of the [[Reserve Officers' Training Corps]] program.<ref name="ukmaneyprofile"></ref> Maney completed his undergraduate education in 1970,<ref name="ukmaneyprofile"/> and pursued legal studies at the [[University of Louisville School of Law]]. He formally joined the [[United States Army]] in 1973, and obtained his degree in law the next year.<ref name="judgeretire"/> While serving in the military, Maney also studied at the [[United States Army War College|Army War College]].<ref name="ukmaneyprofile"/> He served during [[Operation Just Cause]] in Panama, [[Operation Uphold Democracy]] in Haiti, as well as Operations [[Operation Joint Guard|Joint Guard]] and [[Operation Joint Endeavor|Joint Endeavor]] in Bosnia.<ref name="ukmaneyprofile"/> Maney was injured by an [[improvised explosive device]] in August 2005, while in Afghanistan as a part of [[Operation Enduring Freedom]].<ref name="ukmaneyprofile"/><ref name="judgeretire"/> He spent twenty months in recovery at the [[Walter Reed Medical Center]], and subsequently ended his military career in April 2007, having served 34 years in the army and advancing to the rank of brigadier general.<ref name="ukmaneyprofile"/><ref name="hdoc2016"/> The University of Kentucky awarded Maney an honorary doctorate in law in 2016.<ref name="hdoc2016"></ref>
==Judicial and political career==
Maney practiced law for fifteen years,<ref name="judgeretire"/> first in [[Louisville, Kentucky]], then in [[Fort Walton Beach, Florida]],<ref name="hdoc2016"/> prior to his appointment as a county judge in Florida's First Judicial Circuit for [[Okaloosa County, Florida|Okaloosa County]] in 1989. In May 2007, Maney tentatively resumed his judgeship, having recovered from wounds related to his tour of duty in Afghanistan. On January 31, 2016, Maney became the longest county or circuit judge to preside within the First Judicial Circuit. He retired from the bench in May 2018, the same month he turned seventy, Florida's mandatory retirement age for judges.<ref name="judgeretire"></ref>
Maney pre-qualified his candidacy for the [[2020 Florida House of Representatives election]] with the Florida Division of Elections in October 2019.<ref></ref> Maney finished first in a field of four candidates during a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] primary, held on August 18, 2020 to nominate a candidate for [[Florida's 4th House of Representatives district]], a seat left open by [[Mel Ponder]].<ref name="82020primary"></ref> He defeated [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] candidate John Plante and write-in candidate Lance Lawrence in the general election.<ref name="82020primary"/><ref name="112020general"></ref> Maney was sworn in as a member of the [[Florida House of Representatives]] on November 17, 2020.<ref name="112020takeoffice"></ref>
==References==
[[Category:1948 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:20th-century American lawyers]]
[[Category:20th-century American judges]]
[[Category:21st-century American judges]]
[[Category:21st-century American politicians]]
[[Category:Florida Republicans]]
[[Category:Members of the Florida House of Representatives]]
[[Category:United States Army War College alumni]]
[[Category:University of Kentucky alumni]]
[[Category:University of Louisville School of Law alumni]]
[[Category:Politicians from Lexington, Kentucky]]
[[Category:People from Fort Walton Beach, Florida]]
[[Category:United States Army generals]]
[[Category:United States Army personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)]]
[[Category:Florida lawyers]]
[[Category:Florida state court judges]]
[[Category:County judges in the United States]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Lexington, Kentucky]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Florida]]
[[Category:Lawyers from Louisville, Kentucky]]
==Early life, education and military career==
Born in [[Lexington, Kentucky]], Maney attended the [[University of Kentucky]] in his hometown where he was a member of the [[Reserve Officers' Training Corps]] program.<ref name="ukmaneyprofile"></ref> Maney completed his undergraduate education in 1970,<ref name="ukmaneyprofile"/> and pursued legal studies at the [[University of Louisville School of Law]]. He formally joined the [[United States Army]] in 1973, and obtained his degree in law the next year.<ref name="judgeretire"/> While serving in the military, Maney also studied at the [[United States Army War College|Army War College]].<ref name="ukmaneyprofile"/> He served during [[Operation Just Cause]] in Panama, [[Operation Uphold Democracy]] in Haiti, as well as Operations [[Operation Joint Guard|Joint Guard]] and [[Operation Joint Endeavor|Joint Endeavor]] in Bosnia.<ref name="ukmaneyprofile"/> Maney was injured by an [[improvised explosive device]] in August 2005, while in Afghanistan as a part of [[Operation Enduring Freedom]].<ref name="ukmaneyprofile"/><ref name="judgeretire"/> He spent twenty months in recovery at the [[Walter Reed Medical Center]], and subsequently ended his military career in April 2007, having served 34 years in the army and advancing to the rank of brigadier general.<ref name="ukmaneyprofile"/><ref name="hdoc2016"/> The University of Kentucky awarded Maney an honorary doctorate in law in 2016.<ref name="hdoc2016"></ref>
==Judicial and political career==
Maney practiced law for fifteen years,<ref name="judgeretire"/> first in [[Louisville, Kentucky]], then in [[Fort Walton Beach, Florida]],<ref name="hdoc2016"/> prior to his appointment as a county judge in Florida's First Judicial Circuit for [[Okaloosa County, Florida|Okaloosa County]] in 1989. In May 2007, Maney tentatively resumed his judgeship, having recovered from wounds related to his tour of duty in Afghanistan. On January 31, 2016, Maney became the longest county or circuit judge to preside within the First Judicial Circuit. He retired from the bench in May 2018, the same month he turned seventy, Florida's mandatory retirement age for judges.<ref name="judgeretire"></ref>
Maney pre-qualified his candidacy for the [[2020 Florida House of Representatives election]] with the Florida Division of Elections in October 2019.<ref></ref> Maney finished first in a field of four candidates during a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] primary, held on August 18, 2020 to nominate a candidate for [[Florida's 4th House of Representatives district]], a seat left open by [[Mel Ponder]].<ref name="82020primary"></ref> He defeated [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] candidate John Plante and write-in candidate Lance Lawrence in the general election.<ref name="82020primary"/><ref name="112020general"></ref> Maney was sworn in as a member of the [[Florida House of Representatives]] on November 17, 2020.<ref name="112020takeoffice"></ref>
==References==
[[Category:1948 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:20th-century American lawyers]]
[[Category:20th-century American judges]]
[[Category:21st-century American judges]]
[[Category:21st-century American politicians]]
[[Category:Florida Republicans]]
[[Category:Members of the Florida House of Representatives]]
[[Category:United States Army War College alumni]]
[[Category:University of Kentucky alumni]]
[[Category:University of Louisville School of Law alumni]]
[[Category:Politicians from Lexington, Kentucky]]
[[Category:People from Fort Walton Beach, Florida]]
[[Category:United States Army generals]]
[[Category:United States Army personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)]]
[[Category:Florida lawyers]]
[[Category:Florida state court judges]]
[[Category:County judges in the United States]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Lexington, Kentucky]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Florida]]
[[Category:Lawyers from Louisville, Kentucky]]
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