Charles Leggett was successful in business and real estate. He served in the Florida State House of Representatives in 1905, and was Chair of the House Committee on Priviledges and Elections and Committee member on Canals and Drainage, Mining and Phosphates and Forestry. He served 2 terms as Florida State Senator in 1907 and 1909 and, as the head of the Committee on Indian Affairs and Public Lands, he introduced the bill to incorporate the town of Greenville, Florida.
