1891, May went to Tallahassee to serve as her father's aide, with responsibility for her father's appointments, correspondence and hosting social events. Jennings went to Tallahassee to continue his courtship. He married May Mann on May 12, 1891, and they were escorted down the aisle by the full legislative membership. The newlyweds lived in Brooksville in the William Sherman Jennings House. The couple had one child, a son, Sherman Bryan Jennings. Politics and the law were prominent in his family. In addition to his brother, who was a lawyer and state attorney, he was a first cousin to William Jennings Bryan, congressman and three-time Democratic presidential nominee. Civic activities Jennings served as a trustee of Stetson University during the first decade of the twentieth century and was involved in the controversy over whether the Florida Baptist Convention would elect the trustees of the university. At one point, the controversy became so heated that Jennings and Lincoln Hulley, the president of the university, engaged in a fistfight in the lobby of the Leon Hotel in Tallahassee, Florida. Death Jennings died on February 27, 1920, in St. Augustine, Florida, and was buried in Jacksonville, Florida. Legacy and honors The World War II Liberty Ship was named in his honor. References External links Official Governor's portrait and biography from the State of Florida 1863 births 1920 deaths Democratic Party governors of Florida Speakers of the Florida House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the Florida House of Representatives Florida lawyers People from Jacksonville, Florida People from Brooksville, Florida William Jennings Bryan family Southern Illinois University alumni Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law alumni