Current office and a long Florida legislative career
Daniel A. Webster represents Florida’s 11th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. A Republican, he began federal service on January 3, 2011, after nearly three decades in the Florida Legislature. His state career included service as speaker of the Florida House and majority leader of the Florida Senate. The current House directory lists him on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology. S1S2
Webster was born in Charleston, West Virginia, on April 27, 1949. His Florida educational record includes graduation from Maynard Evans High School in Orlando in 1967. He is not the nineteenth-century senator of the same name; the middle initial and the Florida service record distinguish the contemporary representative from that historical figure. S1
Engineering education and business
Webster earned a degree in electrical engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1971. The House historian identifies the credential as a B.E.E. His official biography also notes honorary doctorates, which are separate from his earned engineering degree and should not be described as additional completed research degrees. S1S3
Before and alongside public service, Webster was a business owner. His official account presents small-business experience and engineering as parts of his background. Those professional fields are relevant context for his interest in transportation and infrastructure, but they are not evidence that every policy he supports produces a particular economic result. S3
The combination of technical education and business work distinguishes his early path from members who entered Congress after legal practice or military service. It also helps explain why his biography includes subjects such as transportation systems and waterways, while his later public responsibilities are broader than his original field of study.
Florida House service and the speakership
Webster served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1980 to 1998. He was speaker during 1996–1998. The House historian provides those dates, and his official congressional biography describes his role in changing the chamber’s legislative procedures. The speakership was a state legislative leadership position, not a governorship or a position in the federal House. S1S3
His official biography emphasizes the significance of a Republican speaker after a long period of Democratic control. A neutral account can record the change in institutional leadership without adopting celebratory campaign language. The important biographical fact is that he held responsibility for organizing a legislative chamber before moving to Florida’s Senate. S3
Florida Senate and transition to Congress
Webster served in the Florida Senate from 1998 to 2008 and was majority leader from 2006 to 2008. The state House and state Senate periods were successive, not simultaneous full-time claims to two seats. He entered the U.S. House in 2011 following election in 2010. S1
His official biography also identifies work as chairman of the Florida Senate Judiciary Committee and involvement in property-rights legislation following the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision. This profile records that as part of the office’s account of his state record, rather than making an independent claim that Florida was the only state to act or that every provision remains unchanged today. S3
The years between state service and federal service matter. A congressional biography should not add the earlier Florida terms to his federal seniority. Likewise, the district number attached to his present seat should not be retroactively applied to every earlier election after redistricting. The current House directory identifies today’s seat as District 11. S1S2
Transportation leadership and current committees
In the 119th Congress, Webster chairs the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials. His official biography identifies that role alongside membership on Natural Resources and Science, Space, and Technology. These assignments connect technical and transportation questions with resource and science policy. S2S3
The subcommittee chairmanship gives him a role in the House’s hearing and legislative process. It does not make him an executive regulator of a railroad or pipeline, and it does not allow his office to approve a private project without the required agency process. For constituents and businesses, those distinctions help identify whether a question concerns legislation, an agency rule or a specific permit.
A selected wildlife-policy action
A September 16, 2026 Natural Resources subcommittee hearing listed Webster’s H.R. 9590, the SAFE for Manatees Act, among the measures under consideration. The House committee repository is evidence that the proposal was part of a legislative hearing. It is not evidence that the bill had completed the House and Senate process or become law. S4
The example shows that his federal work extends beyond transportation infrastructure into Florida-relevant wildlife questions. Readers researching the substance should follow the hearing materials and bill text, not infer its contents from the acronym. A hearing can include testimony and debate without resolving the final legislative outcome. S4
Contacting the federal office
The current House directory lists Webster’s Washington office at 2184 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515. Its public telephone is 202-225-1002. His official website provides current office locations, correspondence and constituent-service information. Older state legislative contact details belong to earlier positions and should not be reused as present federal contacts. S2S3
The office can receive views on legislation and provide its published route for federal-agency casework. It cannot guarantee a benefits determination, substitute for an agency appeal or provide a private engineering certification. This profile records Webster’s current role as checked on October 28, 2026, while keeping his earlier state leadership and professional background as separately dated parts of the same career.