LIST OF GOVERNORS OF FLORIDA

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Number of Governors of Florida by party affiliation

Party	Governors
Democratic	33
Republican	7
Whig	1
No party	1
Conservative Party	1
Prohibition Party	1

The following is a 'list of the governors of Florida'.

★ For governors of Florida prior to it becoming a possession of the United States in 1821, see the List of Colonial Governors of Florida.

Contents

List of Governors

Military governor

Governors of Florida Territory

Governors of Florida

Notes

Other high offices held

Living former governors

Other facts

See also

List of Governors

Military governor

Spanish Florida was acquired from Spain in the Adams-Onís Treaty, which took effect July 10 1821. The region was initially governed by the commander of the military force that had helped secure American influence in the region.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Notes
1	Andrew Jackson	March 10 1821	December 31 1821	[1][2]

Governors of Florida Territory

Florida Territory was organized on March 30 1822.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Appointed By
1	William P. Duval	April 17 1822	April 24 1834		James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson
2	John Eaton	April 24 1834	March 16 1836	Democratic	Andrew Jackson
3	Richard K. Call	March 16 1836	December 2 1839		Andrew Jackson
4	Robert R. Reid	December 2 1839	March 19 1841		Martin Van Buren
5	Richard K. Call	March 19 1841	August 11 1844		William Henry Harrison, John Tyler
6	John Branch	August 11 1844	June 25 1845	Democratic	John Tyler

Governors of Florida

The State of Florida was admitted to the union on March 3 1845.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Lt. Governor	Notes
1	William D. Moseley	June 25 1845	October 1 1849	Democratic
2	Thomas Brown	October 1 1849	October 13 1853	Whig
3	James E. Broome	October 3 1853	October 5 1857	Democratic
4	Madison S. Perry	October 5 1857	October 7 1861	Democratic
5	John Milton	October 7 1861	April 1 1865	Democratic		[3]
6	Abraham K. Allison	April 1 1865	May 19 1865	Democratic		As president of state senate, filled unexpired term.[4]
7	William Marvin	July 13 1865	December 20 1865	None		[5]
8	David S. Walker	December 20 1865	July 4 1868	Conservative		[6]
9	Harrison Reed	July 4 1868	January 7 1873	Republican		[7]
10	Ossian B. Hart	January 7 1873	March 18 1874	Republican		Died in office.
11	Marcellus L. Sterns	March 18 1874	January 2 1877	Republican		As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
12	George F. Drew	January 2 1877	January 4 1881	Democratic
13	William D. Bloxham	January 4 1881	January 7 1885	Democratic
14	Edward A. Perry	January 7 1885	January 8 1889	Democratic
15	Francis P. Fleming	January 8 1889	January 3 1893	Democratic
16	Henry L. Mitchell	January 3 1893	January 5 1897	Democratic
17	William D. Bloxham	January 5 1897	January 8 1901	Democratic
18	William S. Jennings	January 8 1901	January 3 1905	Democratic
19	Napoleon B. Broward	January 3 1905	January 5 1909	Democratic
20	Albert W. Gilchrist	January 5 1909	January 7 1913	Democratic
21	Park Trammell	January 7 1913	January 2 1917	Democratic
22	Sidney Johnston Catts	January 2 1917	January 4 1921	Prohibition
23	Cary A. Hardee	January 4 1921	January 6 1925	Democratic
24	John W. Martin	January 6 1925	January 8 1929	Democratic
25	Doyle E. Carlton	January 8 1929	January 3 1933	Democratic
26	David Sholtz	January 4 1933	January 5 1937	Democratic
27	Fred P. Cone	January 5 1937	January 7 1941	Democratic
28	Spessard Holland	January 7 1941	January 2 1945	Democratic
29	Millard F. Caldwell	January 2 1945	January 4 1949	Democratic
30	Fuller Warren	January 4 1949	January 6 1953	Democratic
31	Daniel T. McCarty	January 6 1953	September 28 1953	Democratic
32	Charley E. Johns	September 28 1953	January 4 1955	Democratic
33	T. LeRoy Collins	January 4 1955	January 3 1961	Democratic
34	C. Farris Bryant	January 3 1961	January 5 1965	Democratic
35	W. Haydon Burns	January 5 1965	January 3 1967	Democratic
36	Claude R. Kirk, Jr.	January 3 1967	January 5 1971	Republican	Ray C. Osborn
37	Reubin O'D. Askew	January 5 1971	January 2 1979	Democratic	Thomas Burton Adams, Jr.
					J.H. Williams
38	D. Robert Graham	January 2 1979	January 3 1987	Democratic	Wayne Mixson	[8]
39	Wayne Mixson	January 3 1987	January 6 1987	Democratic	''vacant''
40	Robert Martinez	January 6 1987	January 8 1991	Republican	Bobby Brantley
41	Lawton M. Chiles, Jr.	January 8 1991	December 12 1998	Democratic	Kenneth H. "Buddy" MacKay, Jr.
42	Kenneth H. "Buddy" MacKay, Jr.	December 12 1998	January 5 1999	Democratic	''vacant''
43	John Ellis "Jeb" Bush	January 5 1999	January 2 2007	Republican	Frank Brogan
					Toni Jennings
44	Charles Joseph "Charlie" Crist, Jr.	January 2 2007	''Incumbent''	Republican	Jeff Kottkamp	[9]

Notes

1. Andrew Jackson's official title was "Commissioner of the United States".
2. Jackson left Florida on October 8, 1821. His resignation was submitted on November 13, 1821 from his home in Alabama. The President accepted it on December 31, 1821.
3. Died in office; Milton committed suicide due to the pending defeat of the Confederate States of America.
4. Resigned from office to go into hiding from approaching Union troops.
5. Appointed by President Andrew Johnson following the American Civil War.
6. Appointed by President Andrew Johnson during Reconstruction.
7. Harrison Reed was popularly elected, and assumed office on June 8 1868; it was not until July 4 1868, however, that the military commander of Florida, still under Reconstruction, recognized the validity of the state constitution and the election.
8. Resigned to take elected seat in the United States Senate.
9. Governor Crist's first term expires January 4 2011; he is not yet term limited.

Other high offices held

This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, and other governorships held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Florida except where noted.
★ denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.

Name	Gubernatorial term	U.S. Congress		Other offices held
		House	Senate
Andrew Jackson	1821 (military)			U.S. Representative and Senator from Tennessee, President of the United States
William P. Duval	1822–1834 (territorial)			U.S. Representative from Kentucky
John Eaton	1834–1836 (territorial)			U.S. Senator from Tennessee, Ambassador to Spain, U.S. Secretary of War
Richard K. Call	1836–1839, 1841–1844 (territorial)			Territorial Delegate
Robert R. Reid	1839–1841 (territorial)			U.S. Representative from Georgia
John Branch	1844–1845 (territorial)			U.S. Senator from North Carolina, Governor of North Carolina, U.S. Secretary of the Navy
William Marvin	1865			Elected to the U.S. Senate but was refused his seat
Park Trammell	1913–1917		S
Spessard Holland	1941–1945		S
Millard F. Caldwell	1945–1949	H
Robert Graham	1979–1987		S ★
Lawton M. Chiles, Jr.	1991–1998		S
Kenneth H. "Buddy" MacKay, Jr.	1998–1999	H

Living former governors

As of August 2007, seven former governors were alive, the oldest being Wayne Mixson (served 1987, born 1922). The most recent governor to die was C. Farris Bryant (1961–1965), on March 1 2002. The most recently-serving governor to die was Lawton Chiles (1991–1998), in office on December 12 1998.

Name	Gubernatorial term	Date of birth
Claude R. Kirk, Jr.	1967–1971	January 7 1926
Reubin O'D. Askew	1971–1979	September 11 1928
D. Robert Graham	1979–1987	November 9 1936
Wayne Mixson	1987	June 16 1922
Robert Martinez	1987–1991	December 25 1934
Kenneth Hood "Buddy" MacKay, Jr.	1998–1999	March 22 1933
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush	1999–2007	February 11 1953

Other facts

★ Longest serving governors: Reubin Askew and Jeb Bush, the only governors who served full two four-years terms

★
★ Bob Graham and Lawton Chiles also were reelected, but Graham resigned earlier to became U.S. Senator and Chiles died in final month of his term

★ Shortest serving governor: Wayne Mixson - three days (3-6 January 1987)

See also

★ Governor of Florida

★ Florida gubernatorial election, 2006

★ List of Colonial Governors of Florida