List of governors of Florida

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Florida became as United States territory by the terms of the Adams-Onís Treaty in 1821 and joined the Union as the twenty-seventh state on March 3, 1845. Prior to statehood, Florida was governed by military and territorial governors. For governors of Florida prior to it becoming a possession of the United States, see the List of Colonial Governors of Florida.

1 Florida military governors
2 Florida Territory governors
3 U.S. state governors
4 Living former Governors
5 Other facts
6 See also
7 Notes

[edit] Florida military governors

Richard Keith Call, territorial governor of Florida during two non-successive terms

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

[edit] Florida Territory governors

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

[edit] U.S. state governors

Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, 19th Governor of the state of Florida

Bob Graham, former Governor of Florida and former Senator for Florida

Jeb Bush, the 43rd Governor of Florida (1999-2007)

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

[edit] Living former Governors

[edit] Other facts

Longest serving governors: Reubin Askew and Jeb Bush - only governors 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 dies in final month of his term
Shortest serving governor: Wayne Mixson - three days (3-6 January 1987)

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

^ Andrew Jackson's official title was "Commissioner of the United States".
^ 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.

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