1951 - William Thomas Cash, the first state librarian for Florida, died on this date. A teacher and school superintendent in Taylor County, Cash was also a member of the Florida House of Representatives (1909, 1915, 1917) and a member of the State Senate (1919). From 1925 until 1928, he was the editor of the Perry Herald, and in April 1927, Cash was appointed state librarian, a post he held until his death. During his administration, he built the library up from a small collection of 1,500 uncatalogued volumes to over 50,000 volumes. Cash was the author of two books, The History of the Democratic Party in Florida (1936) and the four-volume The Story of Florida (1938).