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The Florida Comptroller was the state comptroller
State Comptroller

The power of the Knesset to supervise and review government policies and operations is exercised mainly through the state comptroller . The state comptroller is appointed by the President of Israel upon the recommendation of the House Committee of the Knesset for a single term of seven years....
 of Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
 from 1845 to 2003 (when the position was merged with the position of Florida State Treasurer/Insurance Commissioner/Fire Marshal to create the post of Chief Financial Officer of Florida
Chief Financial Officer of Florida

The Chief Financial Officer of Florida is a statewide constitutional officer of Florida. The office was created in 2002 following the 1998 reforms of the Florida Cabinet....
 following amendments to the state Constitution
Florida Constitution

The Constitution of the State of Florida is the document that establishes and describes the duties, powers, structure and function of the government of the U.S....
). The Comptroller was a member of the Florida Cabinet
Florida Cabinet

The Florida Cabinet is a body of the government of Florida that engages in collective governance of the state. Created following Reconstruction era of the United States, when there had been distrust of the military governors appointed by the federal government, it was designed to decentralize authority from the Governor of Florida....
 and was elected by the Florida Legislature
Florida Legislature

The Florida Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The Florida Constitution mandates a bicameral state legislature with an upper house Florida Senate of 40 members and a lower house Florida House of Representatives of 120 members....
 until 1865, when it became an elected office.

The Comptroller was Florida's chief fiscal officer.






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The Florida Comptroller was the state comptroller
State Comptroller

The power of the Knesset to supervise and review government policies and operations is exercised mainly through the state comptroller . The state comptroller is appointed by the President of Israel upon the recommendation of the House Committee of the Knesset for a single term of seven years....
 of Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
 from 1845 to 2003 (when the position was merged with the position of Florida State Treasurer/Insurance Commissioner/Fire Marshal to create the post of Chief Financial Officer of Florida
Chief Financial Officer of Florida

The Chief Financial Officer of Florida is a statewide constitutional officer of Florida. The office was created in 2002 following the 1998 reforms of the Florida Cabinet....
 following amendments to the state Constitution
Florida Constitution

The Constitution of the State of Florida is the document that establishes and describes the duties, powers, structure and function of the government of the U.S....
). The Comptroller was a member of the Florida Cabinet
Florida Cabinet

The Florida Cabinet is a body of the government of Florida that engages in collective governance of the state. Created following Reconstruction era of the United States, when there had been distrust of the military governors appointed by the federal government, it was designed to decentralize authority from the Governor of Florida....
 and was elected by the Florida Legislature
Florida Legislature

The Florida Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The Florida Constitution mandates a bicameral state legislature with an upper house Florida Senate of 40 members and a lower house Florida House of Representatives of 120 members....
 until 1865, when it became an elected office.

The Comptroller was Florida's chief fiscal officer. The post was created in the 1838 Constitution and the first Comptroller took office in 1845 and assumed the duties of the Auditor of Public Accounts of Florida Territory
Florida Territory

The Florida Territory was a historic organized territory of the United States from 1822 to 1845....
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The Comptroller initially was in charge of the Comptroller's Office, whose duties where transferred to the Department of Banking and Finance in 1969 (the Comptroller served as the head of the Department).

List of Comptrollers

  • Nathanial P. Bemis (July 23, 1845 - August 26, 1845) and (January 2, 1847 - July 24, 1847)
  • Hugh Archer (August 26, 1845- January 2, 1847) and (July 24, 1847 - December 28, 1847)
  • Simon Towle (December 28, 1847 - January 25, 1851)
  • John Beard (January 25, 1851 - April 3, 1854) and (January 17, 1866 - August 29, 1868)
  • Theodore W. Brevard (April 3, 1854 - November 27, 1854) (January 24, 1855 - December 14, 1860)
  • James Tillinghast Archer (November 27, 1854 - January 24, 1855)
  • Robert C. Williams (December 14, 1860 - May 26, 1863)
  • Walter Gwynn
    Walter Gwynn

    Walter Gwynn was a civil engineer and soldier who became a Confederate States Army general in the American Civil War....
     (May 26, 1863 - January 17, 1866)
  • Robert H. Gamble (August 29, 1868 - January 15, 1873)
  • Clayton Cowgill (January 15, 1873 - January 12, 1877)
  • Columbus Drew (January 12, 1877 - January 13, 1881)
  • William D. Barnes (January 13, 1881 - May 1, 1890)
  • William D. Bloxham
    William D. Bloxham

    William Dunnington Bloxham was an United States politician. He served as the thirteenth and seventeenth governor of Florida in two non-consecutive terms....
     (May 1, 1890 - January 3, 1897)
  • William H. Reynolds (January 3, 1897 - July 29, 1901)
  • A. C. Croom (July 29, 1901 - February 17, 1912)
  • William V. Knott (February 17, 1912 - January 2, 1917)
  • Ernest Amos (January 2, 1917 - January 3, 1933)
  • James Martin Lee (J. M. Lee) (January 3, 1933 - October 9, 1946)
  • Clarence M. Gay (October 9, 1946 - April 11, 1955)
  • Ray E. Green (April 11, 1955 - September 1, 1965)
  • Fred Otis Dickinson (September 1, 1965 - January 7, 1975)
  • Gerald Lewis (January 7, 1975 - January 3, 1995)
  • Robert Milligan (January 3, 1995 - January 7, 2003)


External links

from the State Archives of Florida