Editing Winter Park, Florida (section)

===Presidential visits===
The first president to visit was [[Chester A. Arthur]], who reported that Winter Park was "the prettiest place I have seen in Florida",. President [[Grover Cleveland]] visited the area and was given a huge reception at the Seminole Hotel on [[Timeline of Florida History|February 23, 1888]]. He enjoyed the Bounding Horse Cart ride and stated that it was the most pleasant diversion of his Florida trip. The New York Times reported on his visit that "The Philadelphian and Bostonian founders had done a good job with the town."

The following four years both hotel and the town became a fashionable [[winter resort]] for northern visitors. The next president to visit the area was [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in [[Timeline of Florida History|March 1936]]. He was conferred an honorary degree in literature at [[Rollins College]].

President [[Barack Obama]] visited Rollins College on August 2, 2012, to give a speech that was part of his re-election campaign. An interesting note on recent Presidential elections is that Orange County, the county Winter Park is in, was one of the bluest counties in Florida. Although Winter Park is a large mix of both conservative and liberal constituents. However, this mix is evident in US Congressional District 7's last two representatives. Former Republican Congressman John Mica lost reelection in 2016 to newcomer and Democrat Stephanie Murphy. Both have had a lot of support from both sides of the aisle and Murphy is credited with being one of the most centrist representatives in Congress today.