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List of Governors

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#	Governor	Picture	Took Office	Left Office	Notes
1	Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . He was List of governors of Florida of Florida , commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans , and eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy....		March 10, 1821	December 31, 1821

Governors of Florida Territory

#	Governor	Picture	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Appointed By
1	William Duval		April 17, 1822	April 24, 1834		James Monroe James Monroe James Monroe was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . His administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida ; the Missouri Compromise , in which Missouri was declared a slave state; the admission of Maine in 1820 as a free state; and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine , declaring U.S.... , John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams was an Foreign relations of the United States and Politics of the United States who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829.... , Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . He was List of governors of Florida of Florida , commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans , and eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy....
2	John Eaton John Eaton John Henry Eaton was an United States politician and ambassador from Tennessee who served as United States Senate and as United States Secretary of War in the administration of Andrew Jackson....		April 24, 1834	March 16, 1836	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Andrew Jackson
3	Richard Call Richard K. Call Richard Keith Call was the third and fifth Florida Territory List of Florida Governors of Florida.Named after his uncle, a American Revolution hero, he was born in Pittsfield, Prince George County, Virginia....		March 16, 1836	December 2, 1839		Andrew Jackson
4	Robert R. Reid Robert R. Reid Robert Raymond Reid was the fourth territorial List of Florida Governors of Florida. He was also a United States House of Representatives from Georgia ....		December 2, 1839	March 19, 1841		Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren Martin Van Buren was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. Before his presidency, he served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States and the 10th United States Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson....
5	Richard Call Richard K. Call Richard Keith Call was the third and fifth Florida Territory List of Florida Governors of Florida.Named after his uncle, a American Revolution hero, he was born in Pittsfield, Prince George County, Virginia....		March 19, 1841	August 11, 1844		William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison was an Military history of the United States and Politics of the United States, the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, and the first president to die in office.... , John Tyler John Tyler John Tyler, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the first ever to obtain that office via presidential succession....
6	John Branch John Branch John Branch, Jr. served as United States Senate, United States Secretary of the Navy, Governor of North Carolina of the U.S. state of North Carolina, and was the sixth and last Florida Territory List of Governors of Florida of Florida....		August 11, 1844	June 25, 1845	Democratic	John Tyler

Governors of Florida

#	Governor	Picture	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Lt. Governor Lieutenant Governor of Florida The position of Lieutenant Governor of Florida was restored with the 1968 revision of the Florida Constitution . The position had existed for a few decades after Florida achieved statehood in 1845, then was abolished in a previous constitutional revision....	Notes
1	William D. Moseley		June 25, 1845	October 1, 1849	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
2	Thomas Brown Thomas Brown (politician) Thomas Brown was an Politics of the United States who served as Florida's second List of Governors of Florida from 1849 to 1853. He is buried at the Old City Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida....		October 1, 1849	October 13, 1853	Whig Whig Party (United States) The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from 1833 to 1856, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President of the United States Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party ....
3	James E. Broome James E. Broome James Emilius Broome was an United States politician who was the third List of Governors of Florida of Florida....		October 3, 1853	October 5, 1857	Democratic
4	Madison S. Perry Madison S. Perry Madison Starke Perry was the fourth governor of Florida....		October 5, 1857	October 7, 1861	Democratic
5	John Milton		October 7, 1861	April 1, 1865	Democratic
6	Abraham K. Allison Abraham K. Allison Abraham Kurkindolle Allison was a Florida businessman and politician. He served in the Florida Territory and the Florida House of Representatives....		April 1, 1865	May 19, 1865	Democratic
7	William Marvin William Marvin William Marvin was an Law of the United States, Politics of the United States, and judge. He was the seventh governor of FloridaMarvin was born in Fairfield, New York....		July 13, 1865	December 20, 1865	None
8	David S. Walker David S. Walker David Shelby Walker was the eighth governor of Florida.Walker was born near Russelville, Kentucky in Logan County. He attended private schools in Kentucky and Tennessee and studied law....		December 20, 1865	July 4, 1868	Conservative
9	Harrison Reed Harrison Reed Harrison Reed was the ninth List of Florida Governors of Florida. Reed was born in Littleton, Massachusetts on August 26, 1813. At age 16, he apprenticed to a printer, but health problems caused him to quit....		July 4, 1868	January 7, 1873	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
10	Ossian B. Hart Ossian B. Hart Ossian Bingley Hart was the tenth List of governors of Florida of the U.S. state of Florida, and the first governor of Florida who was born in the state....		January 7, 1873	March 18, 1874	Republican
11	Marcellus L. Sterns		March 18, 1874	January 2, 1877	Republican
12	George F. Drew		January 2, 1877	January 4, 1881	Democratic
13	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....		January 4, 1881	January 7, 1885	Democratic
14	Edward A. Perry Edward A. Perry Edward Aylesworth Perry was a general under Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War and the fourteenth List of Governors of Florida of Florida....		January 7, 1885	January 8, 1889	Democratic
15	Francis P. Fleming Francis P. Fleming Francis Philip Fleming was an Politics of the United States and the Fifteenth governor of Florida from 1889 to 1893. A United States Democratic Party, strong supporter of Racial segregation and an opponent of civil rights for African Americans....		January 8, 1889	January 3, 1893	Democratic
16	Henry L. Mitchell Henry L. Mitchell Henry Laurens Mitchell was an Law of the United States, judge, and Politics of the United States. He served the sixteenth Governor of Florida ....		January 3, 1893	January 5, 1897	Democratic
17	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....		January 5, 1897	January 8, 1901	Democratic
18	William S. Jennings		January 8, 1901	January 3, 1905	Democratic
19	Napoleon B. Broward Napoleon B. Broward Napoleon Bonaparte Broward was the nineteenth List of Governors of Florida of the U.S. state of Florida from January 3, 1905 to January 5, 1909....		January 3, 1905	January 5, 1909	Democratic
20	Albert W. Gilchrist Albert W. Gilchrist Albert Waller Gilchrist was the twentieth List of Governors of Florida of Florida.Born in Greenwood, South Carolina, he attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, but did not graduate....		January 5, 1909	January 7, 1913	Democratic
21	Park Trammell Park Trammell Park Trammell , an United States politician of the United States Democratic Party, was the twenty-first List of Governors of Florida of Florida and represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1917 until 1936....		January 7, 1913	January 2, 1917	Democratic
22	Sidney Johnston Catts		January 2, 1917	January 4, 1921	Prohibition Prohibition Party The Prohibition Party is a political party in the United States best known for its historic opposition to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages....
23	Cary A. Hardee Cary A. Hardee Cary Augustus Hardee was the twenty-third List of Governors of Florida of Florida.Born in Taylor County, Florida, he spent most of his life in Live Oak, Florida....		January 4, 1921	January 6, 1925	Democratic
24	John W. Martin John W. Martin John Wellborn Martin was the twenty-fourth List of Governors of Florida of Florida. He was born in Plainfield, Marion County, Florida. Martin passed the Florida bar in 1914 and established a law career in Jacksonville, Florida....		January 6, 1925	January 8, 1929	Democratic
25	Doyle E. Carlton Doyle E. Carlton Doyle Elam Carlton was the twenty-fifth List of Governors of Florida of Florida....		January 8, 1929	January 3, 1933	Democratic
26	David Sholtz David Sholtz David Sholtz was the twenty-sixth List of Governors of Florida of Florida....		January 4, 1933	January 5, 1937	Democratic
27	Fred P. Cone Fred P. Cone Frederick Preston Cone was the twenty-seventh List of Governors of Florida of Florida.He was born in Benton, Florida in Columbia County, Florida....		January 5, 1937	January 7, 1941	Democratic
28	Spessard Holland Spessard Holland Spessard Lindsey Holland was an Politics of the United States. He was the 28th List of Governors of Florida from 1941 until 1945, during World War II....		January 7, 1941	January 2, 1945	Democratic
29	Millard F. Caldwell Millard F. Caldwell Millard Fillmore Caldwell was an Politics of the United States. He was the 29th List of Governors of Florida and served in all three branches of government at various times in his life, including as a United States House of Representatives and Florida Supreme Court justice....		January 2, 1945	January 4, 1949	Democratic
30	Fuller Warren Fuller Warren Fuller Warren was the 30th List of Governors of Florida of the U.S. state of Florida.Born in Blountstown, Florida, he attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida and was a member of the Tau Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity....		January 4, 1949	January 6, 1953	Democratic
31	Daniel T. McCarty Daniel T. McCarty Daniel Thomas McCarty was the thirty-first List of Governors of Florida of Florida....		January 6, 1953	September 28, 1953	Democratic
32	Charley E. Johns Charley Eugene Johns Charley Eugene Johns was an Politics of the United States. Johns, a Baptist, served as the thirty-second List of Governors of Florida of Florida from 1953 to 1955....		September 28, 1953	January 4, 1955	Democratic
33	LeRoy Collins LeRoy Collins Thomas LeRoy Collins was the thirty-third List of Governors of Florida of Florida....		January 4, 1955	January 3, 1961	Democratic
34	C. Farris Bryant C. Farris Bryant Cecil Farris Bryant was the thirty-fourth List of Governors of Florida of Florida. He also served on the United States National Security Council and in the Office of Emergency Planning during the administration of President Lyndon B....		January 3, 1961	January 5, 1965	Democratic
35	W. Haydon Burns W. Haydon Burns William Haydon Burns was the thirty-fifth Governor of Florida of Florida from 1965 to 1967. He was also List of mayors of Jacksonville, Florida of the city of Jacksonville, Florida from 1949 to 1965....		January 5, 1965	January 3, 1967	Democratic
36	Claude R. Kirk, Jr. Claude R. Kirk, Jr. Claude Roy Kirk, Jr. was the thirty-sixth List of Governors of Florida of the U.S. state of Florida. He was the first United States Republican Party to hold the office of governor since 1877....		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. Thomas Burton Adams, Jr. Thomas Burton "Tom" Adams, Jr. was an Politics of the United States from the U.S. state of Florida. A Democratic Party , he served in the Florida Senate , as Secretary of State of Florida , and as Lieutenant Governor of Florida ....
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38	Bob Graham Bob Graham Daniel Robert "Bob" Graham is an United States politician. He was the List of Governors of Florida of Florida from 1979 to 1987 and a United States Senate from that state from 1987 to 2005....		January 2, 1979	January 3, 1987	Democratic	Wayne Mixson Wayne Mixson John Wayne Mixson, better known as Wayne Mixson was the thirty-ninth List of Governors of Florida of the U.S. state of Florida. He assumed the office in January 1987 after Bob Graham stepped down to take his seat in the United States Senate, and served only three days until the governor-elect, Bob Martinez, was sworn in....
39	Wayne Mixson Wayne Mixson John Wayne Mixson, better known as Wayne Mixson was the thirty-ninth List of Governors of Florida of the U.S. state of Florida. He assumed the office in January 1987 after Bob Graham stepped down to take his seat in the United States Senate, and served only three days until the governor-elect, Bob Martinez, was sworn in....		January 3, 1987	January 6, 1987	Democratic	vacant
40	Bob Martinez Bob Martinez Robert "Bob" Martinez was the fortieth list of Governors of Florida of Florida from 1987 to 1991 and the grandson of Spanish American immigrants.....		January 6, 1987	January 8, 1991	Republican	Bobby Brantley Bobby Brantley Bobby Brantley is an United States Republican Party politician from the U.S. State of Florida, most notably for serving as the Lieutenant Governor of Florida from 1987 to 1991....
41	Lawton M. Chiles, Jr. Lawton Chiles Lawton Mainor Chiles, Jr. was an Politics of the United States from the U.S. state of Florida. In a career spanning four decades, Chiles, a Democratic Party who never lost an election, served in the Florida House of Representatives , the Florida State Senate , the United States Senate , and as the forty-first List of Governors of Florida...		January 8, 1991	December 12, 1998	Democratic	Kenneth H. "Buddy" MacKay, Jr. Buddy MacKay Kenneth Hood "Buddy" MacKay, Jr. is an United States politician and diplomat from Florida. A Democratic Party , he was briefly the forty-second List of Governors of Florida of Florida following the death of Lawton Chiles on December 12, 1998....
42	Buddy MacKay Buddy MacKay Kenneth Hood "Buddy" MacKay, Jr. is an United States politician and diplomat from Florida. A Democratic Party , he was briefly the forty-second List of Governors of Florida of Florida following the death of Lawton Chiles on December 12, 1998....		December 12, 1998	January 5, 1999	Democratic	vacant
43	Jeb Bush Jeb Bush John Ellis "Jeb" Bush is an United States politician and was the 43rd List of Governors of Florida Florida. He is a prominent member of the Bush family: the younger brother of former President of the United States of America George W....		January 5, 1999	January 2, 2007	Republican	Frank Brogan Frank Brogan Frank T. Brogan is the University President of Florida Atlantic University and a former Republican Party Lieutenant Governor of Florida. Brogan is a longtime educator who served eight years in statewide office....
						Toni Jennings Toni Jennings Antoinette "Toni" Jennings was the 16th lieutenant governor of Florida. She was nominated to the office by Governor Jeb Bush in February 2003 to replace Frank Brogan, who resigned to become president of Florida Atlantic University....
44	Charlie Crist Charlie Crist Charles Joseph "Charlie" Crist, Jr. , is an Politics of the United States of the Republican Party and the current Governor of Florida. Crist was Florida's attorney general when he won election to governor, thus becoming the first Florida cabinet official in 95 years to be elected governor ....		January 2, 2007	Incumbent	Republican	Jeff Kottkamp Jeff Kottkamp Jeffrey "Jeff" Kottkamp is an American politician from the State of Florida. Kottkamp, a Republican Party , served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2006....

Other high offices held

Living former governors

Other facts

• Longest serving governors: Reubin Askew and Jeb Bush
  Jeb Bush
  
  John Ellis "Jeb" Bush is an United States politician and was the 43rd List of Governors of Florida Florida. He is a prominent member of the Bush family: the younger brother of former President of the United States of America George W....
   are the only governors who served two full four-year terms.
• Bob Graham
  Bob Graham
  
  Daniel Robert "Bob" Graham is an United States politician. He was the List of Governors of Florida of Florida from 1979 to 1987 and a United States Senate from that state from 1987 to 2005....
   and Lawton Chiles
  Lawton Chiles
  
  Lawton Mainor Chiles, Jr. was an Politics of the United States from the U.S. state of Florida. In a career spanning four decades, Chiles, a Democratic Party who never lost an election, served in the Florida House of Representatives , the Florida State Senate , the United States Senate , and as the forty-first List of Governors of Florida...
   were also re-elected, but Graham resigned several days before the end of his 2nd term to become a U.S. Senator and Chiles died during the final month of his 2nd term.
• Shortest serving governor: Wayne Mixson
  Wayne Mixson
  
  John Wayne Mixson, better known as Wayne Mixson was the thirty-ninth List of Governors of Florida of the U.S. state of Florida. He assumed the office in January 1987 after Bob Graham stepped down to take his seat in the United States Senate, and served only three days until the governor-elect, Bob Martinez, was sworn in....
   - three days (3-6 January 1987) after Bob Graham's
  Bob Graham
  
  Daniel Robert "Bob" Graham is an United States politician. He was the List of Governors of Florida of Florida from 1979 to 1987 and a United States Senate from that state from 1987 to 2005....
   resignation to take his U.S. Senate seat and before the inauguration of Bob Martinez
  Bob Martinez
  
  Robert "Bob" Martinez was the fortieth list of Governors of Florida of Florida from 1987 to 1991 and the grandson of Spanish American immigrants.....
  .

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See also

• Florida gubernatorial election, 2006
  Florida gubernatorial election, 2006
  
  The 2006 Florida Governor of Florida election took place on November 7, 2006. Governor Jeb Bush was term-limited, and could not run for re-election....
  
• List of Colonial Governors of Florida
  List of colonial governors of Florida
  
  This is a list of colonial governors of Florida prior to it becoming a United States territory in 1821. For governors of the United States territory and state, see List of Governors of Florida....