List of governors of Florida
Governor of Florida | |
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since January 8, 2019 | |
Government of Florida | |
Style |
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Type | Head of state Head of government |
Member of | Florida Executive Branch Florida Cabinet |
Residence | Florida Governor's Mansion |
Appointer | Popular vote |
Term length | Four years, renewable once consecutively |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Florida |
Precursor | Governor of theFlorida Territory |
Inaugural holder | William Dunn Moseley |
Formation | June 25, 1845 |
Deputy | Lieutenant Governor of Florida |
Salary | $130,273 (2013)[1] |
Website | www |
Thegovernor of Floridais thehead of governmentof theU.S. stateofFloridaand thecommander-in-chiefof the state'smilitary forces.[2]Thegovernorhas a duty to enforce state laws and the power to either approve orvetobills passed by theFlorida Legislature,[3]to convene the legislature[4]and grantpardons,except in cases of impeachment.[5]
WhenFloridawas first acquired by the United States, future presidentAndrew Jacksonserved as its military governor.Florida Territorywas established in 1822 and five people served as governor over 6 distinct terms. The first territorial governor,William Pope Duval,served 12 years, the longest of any Florida governor to date.
Since statehood in 1845, there have been 45 people who have served as governor, one of whom served two distinct terms. Four state governors have served two full four-year terms:William D. Bloxham,in two stints, as well asReubin Askew,Jeb BushandRick Scottwho each served their terms consecutively.Bob Grahamalmost served two full terms but resigned with three days left in his term in order to take a seat in the United States Senate.[6]The shortest term in office belongs toWayne Mixson,who served three days following Graham's resignation.
The current officeholder isRon DeSantis,a member of theRepublican Partywho took office on January 8, 2019.
List of governors
[edit]Federal military commissioner
[edit]Spanish Floridawas acquired from Spain in theAdams–Onís Treaty,which took effect July 10, 1821.[7]Parts ofWest Floridahad already been assigned toAlabama,Louisiana,andMississippi;the remainder andEast Floridawere governed by a military commissioner with the powers of governor until the territory was organized and incorporated.[8]
No. | Commissioner | Term in office | Appointed by | |
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1 | ![]() |
Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) [9] |
March 10, 1821 – December 31, 1821 (resigned)[b] |
James Monroe |
Territory of Florida
[edit]Florida Territorywas organized on March 30, 1822, combining East and West Florida.[13]
No. | Governor | Term in office[c] | Appointed by | |
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1 | ![]() |
William Pope Duval (1784–1854) [14][15] |
April 17, 1822[d] – April 17, 1834[e] (successor appointed)[f] |
James Monroe |
John Quincy Adams | ||||
Andrew Jackson | ||||
2 | ![]() |
John Eaton (1790–1856) [25][26] |
April 24, 1834[g] – March 16, 1836 (successor appointed) |
Andrew Jackson |
3 | ![]() |
Richard K. Call (1792–1862) [28][29] |
March 16, 1836[h] – December 2, 1839[i] (successor appointed) |
Andrew Jackson |
Martin Van Buren | ||||
4 | ![]() |
Robert R. Reid (1789–1841) [34][35] |
December 12, 1839[j] – March 19, 1841 (successor appointed) |
Martin Van Buren |
5 | ![]() |
Richard K. Call (1792–1862) [28][29] |
March 19, 1841[k] – August 11, 1844 (successor appointed) |
William Henry Harrison |
John Tyler | ||||
6 | ![]() |
John Branch (1782–1863) [40][41] |
August 11, 1844[l] – June 25, 1845 (statehood) |
John Tyler |
State of Florida
[edit]The State of Florida wasadmitted to the Unionon March 3, 1845. It seceded from theUnionon January 10, 1861,[44]and joined theConfederate States of Americaon February 8, 1861,[45]as a founding member. Following the end of theAmerican Civil War,it was part of theThird Military District.[46]Florida was readmitted to the Union on June 25, 1868.[47]
TheFlorida Constitutionof 1838 provided that a governor be elected every 4 years, who was not allowed to serve consecutive terms.[48]The secessionist constitution of 1861 would have reduced this to two years and removed the term limit,[49]but the state fell to the Union before the first election under that constitution. The rejected constitution of 1865 and the ratified constitution of 1868 maintained the four-year term,[50][51]though without the earlier term limit, which was reintroduced in the 1885 constitution.[52]The current constitution of 1968 states that should the governor serve, or would have served had he not resigned, more than six years in two consecutive terms, he cannot be elected to the succeeding term.[53]The start of a term was set in 1885 at the first Tuesday after the first Monday in the January following the election,[52]where it has remained.[54]
Originally, the president of the state senate acted as governor should that office be vacant.[55]The 1865 and 1868 constitutions created the office oflieutenant governor,[56][57]who would similarly act as governor. This office was abolished in 1885, with the president of the senate again taking on that duty.[58]The 1968 constitution recreated the office of lieutenant governor, who now becomes governor in the absence of the governor.[59]The governor and lieutenant governor are elected on the sameticket.[53]
Florida was a stronglyDemocraticstate before the Civil War, electing only one candidate from theWhig Party(the Democrats' chief opposition at the time).[60]It elected threeRepublicangovernors following Reconstruction, but after the Democratic Party re-established control, 90 years passed before voters chose another Republican.
No. | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor[m][n] | |||
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1 | ![]() |
William Dunn Moseley (1795–1863) [61][62][63] |
June 25, 1845[64] – October 1, 1849 (term-limited)[o] |
Democratic[66] | 1845 | Office did not exist | ||
2 | ![]() |
Thomas Brown (1785–1867) [67][68][69] |
October 1, 1849[64] – October 3, 1853 (term-limited)[o] |
Whig[66] | 1848 | |||
3 | ![]() |
James E. Broome (1808–1883) [70][71][72] |
October 3, 1853[73] – October 5, 1857 (term-limited)[o] |
Democratic[66] | 1852 | |||
4 | ![]() |
Madison S. Perry (1814–1865) [74][75][76] |
October 5, 1857[64] – October 7, 1861 (term-limited)[o] |
Democratic[66] | 1856 | |||
5 | ![]() |
John Milton (1807–1865) [77][78][79] |
October 7, 1861[64] – April 1, 1865 (died in office)[p] |
Democratic[66] | 1860 | |||
6 | ![]() |
Abraham K. Allison (1810–1893) [80][81] |
April 1, 1865[82] – May 19, 1865 (resigned)[q] |
Democratic[64] | President of the Senate acting | |||
— | Vacant | May 19, 1865 – July 13, 1865 |
Office vacated aftercivil war | |||||
7 | ![]() |
William Marvin (1808–1902) [83][84][85] |
July 13, 1865[86] – December 20, 1865 (provisional term ended) |
Provisional governor appointed by President[r] | ||||
8 | ![]() |
David S. Walker (1815–1891) [87][88][89] |
December 20, 1865[64] – July 4, 1868 (did not run) |
Conservative[87] | 1865 | William W. J. Kelly[s] | ||
9 | ![]() |
Harrison Reed (1813–1899) [90][91][92] |
July 4, 1868[t] – January 7, 1873 (did not run) |
Republican[64] | 1868 | William Henry Gleason (removed December 14, 1868)[u] | ||
Vacant | ||||||||
Edmund C. Weeks (appointed January 24, 1870) (term ended December 27, 1870)[v] | ||||||||
Samuel T. Day (took office December 27, 1870) | ||||||||
10 | ![]() |
Ossian B. Hart (1821–1874) [98][99][100] |
January 7, 1873[64] – March 18, 1874 (died in office) |
Republican[64] | 1872 | Marcellus Stearns | ||
11 | ![]() |
Marcellus Stearns (1839–1891) [101][102][103] |
March 18, 1874[104] – January 2, 1877 (lost election) |
Republican[64] | Lieutenant governor acting |
Acting as governor | ||
12 | ![]() |
George Franklin Drew (1827–1900) [105][106][107] |
January 2, 1877[108] – January 4, 1881 (did not run) |
Democratic[64] | 1876 | Noble A. Hull (resigned March 3, 1879) | ||
Vacant | ||||||||
13 | ![]() |
William D. Bloxham (1835–1911) [109][110][111] |
January 4, 1881[112] – January 6, 1885 (lost nomination)[113] |
Democratic[64] | 1880 | Livingston W. Bethel | ||
14 | ![]() |
Edward A. Perry (1831–1889) [114][115][116] |
January 6, 1885[117] – January 8, 1889 (term-limited)[w] |
Democratic[64] | 1884 | Milton H. Mabry | ||
15 | ![]() |
Francis P. Fleming (1841–1908) [119][120][121] |
January 8, 1889[122] – January 3, 1893 (term-limited)[w] |
Democratic[64] | 1888 | Office did not exist | ||
16 | ![]() |
Henry L. Mitchell (1831–1903) [123][124][125] |
January 3, 1893[126] – January 5, 1897 (term-limited)[w] |
Democratic[64] | 1892 | |||
17 | ![]() |
William D. Bloxham (1835–1911) [109][110][127] |
January 5, 1897[128] – January 8, 1901 (term-limited)[w] |
Democratic[64] | 1896 | |||
18 | ![]() |
William Sherman Jennings (1863–1920) [129][130][131] |
January 8, 1901[132] – January 3, 1905 (term-limited)[w] |
Democratic[64] | 1900 | |||
19 | ![]() |
Napoleon B. Broward (1857–1910) [133][134][135] |
January 3, 1905[136] – January 5, 1909 (term-limited)[w] |
Democratic[64] | 1904 | |||
20 | ![]() |
Albert W. Gilchrist (1858–1926) [137][138][139] |
January 5, 1909[140] – January 7, 1913 (term-limited)[w] |
Democratic[64] | 1908 | |||
21 | ![]() |
Park Trammell (1876–1936) [141][142][143] |
January 7, 1913[144] – January 2, 1917 (term-limited)[w] |
Democratic[64] | 1912 | |||
22 | ![]() |
Sidney Johnston Catts (1863–1936) [145][146][147] |
January 2, 1917[148] – January 4, 1921 (term-limited)[w] |
Prohibition[145] | 1916 | |||
23 | ![]() |
Cary A. Hardee (1876–1957) [149][150][151] |
January 4, 1921[152] – January 6, 1925 (term-limited)[w] |
Democratic[64] | 1920 | |||
24 | ![]() |
John W. Martin (1884–1958) [153][154][155] |
January 6, 1925[156] – January 8, 1929 (term-limited)[w] |
Democratic[64] | 1924 | |||
25 | ![]() |
Doyle E. Carlton (1885–1972) [157][158][159] |
January 8, 1929[160] – January 3, 1933 (term-limited)[w] |
Democratic[64] | 1928 | |||
26 | ![]() |
David Sholtz (1891–1953) [161][162][163] |
January 3, 1933[164] – January 5, 1937 (term-limited)[w] |
Democratic[64] | 1932 | |||
27 | ![]() |
Fred P. Cone (1871–1948) [165][166][167] |
January 5, 1937[168] – January 7, 1941 (term-limited)[w] |
Democratic[64] | 1936 | |||
28 | ![]() |
Spessard Holland (1892–1971) [169][170][171] |
January 7, 1941[172] – January 2, 1945 (term-limited)[w] |
Democratic[64] | 1940 | |||
29 | ![]() |
Millard Caldwell (1897–1984) [173][174][175] |
January 2, 1945[176] – January 4, 1949 (term-limited)[w] |
Democratic[64] | 1944 | |||
30 | ![]() |
Fuller Warren (1905–1973) [177][178][179] |
January 4, 1949[180] – January 6, 1953 (term-limited)[w] |
Democratic[64] | 1948 | |||
31 | ![]() |
Daniel T. McCarty (1912–1953) [181][182][183] |
January 6, 1953[184] – September 28, 1953 (died in office) |
Democratic[64] | 1952 | |||
32 | ![]() |
Charley Eugene Johns (1905–1990) [185][186][187] |
September 28, 1953[188] – January 4, 1955 (lost nomination)[189] |
Democratic[64] | President of the Senate acting | |||
33 | ![]() |
LeRoy Collins (1909–1991) [189][190][191] |
January 4, 1955[192] – January 3, 1961 (term-limited)[w] |
Democratic[64] | 1954 (special)[x] | |||
1956 | ||||||||
34 | ![]() |
C. Farris Bryant (1914–2002) [193][194][195] |
January 3, 1961[196] – January 5, 1965 (term-limited)[w] |
Democratic[64] | 1960 | |||
35 | ![]() |
W. Haydon Burns (1912–1987) [197][198][199] |
January 5, 1965[200] – January 3, 1967 (lost nomination)[y] |
Democratic[64] | 1964[z] | |||
36 | ![]() |
Claude R. Kirk Jr. (1926–2011) [202][203][204] |
January 3, 1967[205] – January 5, 1971 (lost election) |
Republican[64] | 1966 | |||
Ray C. Osborne (office created January 7, 1969) | ||||||||
37 | ![]() |
Reubin Askew (1928–2014) [206][207][208] |
January 5, 1971[209] – January 2, 1979 (term-limited)[aa] |
Democratic[64] | 1970 | Thomas Burton Adams Jr. | ||
1974 | Jim Williams | |||||||
38 | ![]() |
Bob Graham (1936–2024) [211][212] |
January 2, 1979[213] – January 3, 1987 (resigned)[ab] |
Democratic[212] | 1978 | Wayne Mixson | ||
1982 | ||||||||
39 | ![]() |
Wayne Mixson (1922–2020) [215] |
January 3, 1987[216] – January 6, 1987 (successor took office) |
Democratic[215] | Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Vacant | ||
40 | ![]() |
Bob Martinez (b.1934) [217][218] |
January 6, 1987[219] – January 8, 1991 (lost election) |
Republican[218] | 1986 | Bobby Brantley | ||
41 | ![]() |
Lawton Chiles (1930–1998) [220][221] |
January 8, 1991[222] – December 12, 1998 (died in office) |
Democratic[221] | 1990 | Buddy MacKay | ||
1994 | ||||||||
42 | ![]() |
Buddy MacKay (b.1933) [223][224] |
December 12, 1998[225] – January 5, 1999 (successor took office)[ac] |
Democratic[224] | Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Vacant | ||
43 | ![]() |
Jeb Bush (b.1953) [226][227] |
January 5, 1999[228] – January 2, 2007 (term-limited)[aa] |
Republican[227] | 1998 | Frank Brogan (resigned March 3, 2003) | ||
2002 | ||||||||
Toni Jennings | ||||||||
44 | ![]() |
Charlie Crist (b.1956) [229][230] |
January 2, 2007[231] – January 4, 2011 (did not run)[ad] |
Republican[ae] | 2006 | Jeff Kottkamp | ||
45 | ![]() |
Rick Scott (b.1952) [233] |
January 4, 2011[234] – January 7, 2019[af] (term-limited)[aa] |
Republican[233] | 2010 | Jennifer Carroll (resigned March 12, 2013) | ||
Vacant | ||||||||
Carlos Lopez-Cantera (appointed February 3, 2014) | ||||||||
2014 | ||||||||
46 | ![]() |
Ron DeSantis (b.1978) [236] |
January 8, 2019[237] – Incumbent[ag] |
Republican[236] | 2018 | Jeanette Núñez | ||
2022 |
Acting governor
[edit]Florida has had a number of people serve as acting governor. The state's first three constitutions provided that the succession in office became operative whenever the governor was out of the state. Thus, in 1853 when Governor Thomas Brown attended an event in Boston—the Senate president who would normally succeed the governor at the time was also out of state. Therefore, the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, A.K. Allison, became acting governor on September 16, 1853. He served for 17 days.[238]
Article IV Section 3 (b) of the Florida Constitution now calls for the lieutenant governor to "act as Governor" during the governor's physical or mental incapacity. This provision has been invoked one time. On June 18, 2008, Governor Charlie Crist filed a proclamation with the secretary of state transferring power of governor to Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp pursuant to the constitutional provision while he underwent knee surgery.[239]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^Jackson's official title was "Commissioner and Governor of East and West Florida".[9]
- ^Jackson left Florida on October 8, 1821.[10]His resignation was submitted on November 13, and the president accepted it on December 31.[11][12]
- ^The range given is from the date the governor was confirmed by the Senate, or appointed by the President during a Senate recess, to the date the governor's successor was confirmed, unless noted.
- ^Duval was nominated to be "Governor of the Floridas" on April 15, 1822.[16]This was withdrawn and he was nominated to be "Governor of the Territory of Florida" on April 16,[17]and confirmed by the Senate to that position on April 17.[18]No source specifies when he took office, but it was reported he reachedPensacola,then the capital, on June 22.[19]He was reconfirmed on March 8, 1825;[20]reappointed during Senate recesses on January 9, 1828,[21]and April 18, 1831;[21]and reconfirmed by the Senate on April 30, 1832.[22]
- ^The nomination of Duval's successor says his commission would expire on April 17, 1834.[23]
- ^At some point in 1827, the territorial secretaryWilliam M. McCartyacted as governor.[24]
- ^Eaton was nominated on March 29, 1834, for a term beginning April 17, when his predecessor's commission expired;[23]confirmed by the Senate on April 24;[27]and took office on December 11.[25]
- ^Call was nominated on February 18, 1836,[30]confirmed by the Senate on March 16,[31]and took office on April 4.[28]He was reconfirmed by the Senate on February 25, 1839.[32]
- ^Multiple sources say Call's term ended on December 2, 1836,[33][21][34]but none say why, nor why this happened a week before Reid's confirmation on December 12.
- ^Reid was nominated on December 11, 1839,[36]and confirmed by the Senate on December 12.[37]
- ^Call was appointed on March 19, 1841,[21]during a Senate recess; nominated on June 17;[38] and confirmed by the Senate on August 11.[39]
- ^Branch was nominated on June 14, 1844,[42]and confirmed by the Senate on June 15,[43]for a term to start August 11.
- ^The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1868,[56]abolished in 1885,[58]and recreated in 1968.[59]
- ^Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
- ^abcdUnder the 1839 constitution, governors were ineligible for re-election until four years had passed.[65]
- ^Milton committed suicide due to the pending defeat of theConfederate States of America,stating in his final address to the legislature that "death would be preferable to reunion."[78]
- ^Allison resigned to go into hiding from approachingUniontroops, and was captured by them on June 19, 1865.[80]
- ^Marvin was appointed provisional governor by theUnionoccupation.[84]
- ^Represented theRepublican Party
- ^Reed was popularly elected under the terms of the 1868 constitution, and took the oath of office on June 8, 1868;[93] however, the federal commander of Florida did not recognize the validity of the state constitution and the election until July 4.[94][95]
- ^During an attempted impeachment of Reed, Gleason proclaimed himself governor. The Supreme Court eventually sided with Reed, and Gleason was removed from office.[96]
- ^Appointed as temporary lieutenant governor to replace William Henry Gleason. However, the state comptroller did not believe the governor could appoint a replacement to an elected office and refused to pay Weeks, and the Senate refused to accept his presidency over them, even proposing a motion to arrest him. Governor Reed called for a special election to replace him, and though Weeks fought it, the Florida Supreme Court declared his term to have ended when the new election results were certified.[97]
- ^abcdefghijklmnopqrsUnder the 1885 constitution, governors were ineligible for re-election for the succeeding term.[118]
- ^Special election to fill the remainder of McCarty's term[190]
- ^Burns lost the Democratic nomination toRobert King High.A constitutional amendment shifted the election schedule two years, and allowed the governor elected in 1964 to run for a second term.[201]
- ^This term was only two years as the election schedule was changed so that it would not coincide with presidential elections.[198]
- ^abcUnder the 1968 constitution, those who have served more than six years in two consecutive terms are ineligible for election to governor.[210]
- ^Graham resigned, having beenelectedto theUnited States Senate.[214]
- ^MacKay was a candidate in the 1998 election but lost; he succeeded Chiles after the election but before his successor took office.
- ^Crist insteadran unsuccessfullyfor theUnited States Senate.
- ^Crist was elected as a member of the Republican Party, and switched to independent in April 2010.[232]
- ^Due to Ron DeSantis and Jeannette Núñez taking their oath of office ahead of time, they became governor and lieutenant governor at midnight on January 8, rather than waiting for an inauguration ceremony. Thus, Scott and Lopez-Cantera's terms ended at the end of January 7.[235]
- ^DeSantis' second term began on January 3, 2023, andwill expireJanuary 5, 2027; he will be term-limited
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[edit]- General
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- Specific
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- ^FL Const. art. III, § 8
- ^FL Const. art. III, § 3c
- ^FL Const. art. IV, § 8
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- ^"John Henry Eaton".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 18,2023.
- ^U.S. Congress.Senate Exec. Journal.23rd Cong., 1st sess.,392,accessed February 19, 2023.
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- ^ab"Richard Keith Call".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
- ^U.S.Senate Exec. Journal.24th Cong., 1st sess.,509,accessed February 19, 2023.
- ^U.S. Congress.Senate Exec. Journal.24th Cong., 1st sess.,524,accessed February 19, 2023.
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- ^Warner, Lee H. (1983)."Florida's Capitols".The Florida Historical Quarterly.61(3): 247.ISSN0015-4113.
- ^abMcMullin 1984,pp. 101–102.
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- ^1865 Const. art. III, § 2
- ^1868 Const. art. V, § 2
- ^ab1885 Const. art. IV, § 2
- ^abFL Const. art. IV, § 5
- ^FL Const. art. IV, § 2
- ^1838 Const. art III, § 18
- ^ab1865 Const. art. III, § 19
- ^1868 Const. art. V, § 15
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- ^Sobel 1978,p. 251.
- ^"William Dunn Moseley".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
- ^"William Dunn Moseley".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
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- ^"James Emilius Broome".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
- ^"James E. Broome".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
- ^"none".Pensacola Gazette.October 22, 1853. p. 2.RetrievedAugust 8,2023.
Gov. Broome was inaugurated at Tallahassee on the 3d inst.
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- ^"Madison Starke Perry".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,p. 254.
- ^ab"John Milton".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
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- ^"none".New York Daily Herald.May 5, 1865. p. 4.RetrievedAugust 8,2023.
Abraham K. Allison, President of the rebel Senate of Florida... officially announces the death of John Milton, the rebel Governor, and, as acting Governor...
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- ^"none".Evening Star.July 15, 1865. p. 1.RetrievedAugust 8,2023.
I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States... do hereby appoint William Marvin Provisional Governor as the State of Florida...
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- ^"David Shelby Walker".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
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- ^"Ossian Bingley Hart".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
- ^"Ossian B. Hart".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 257–258.
- ^"Marcellus Lovejoy Stearns".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
- ^"Marcellus L. Stearns".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
- ^"Death of the Governor of Florida".New Orleans Republican.March 19, 1874. p. 1.RetrievedAugust 8,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 258–259.
- ^"George Franklin Drew".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
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- ^abSobel 1978,pp. 259–260.
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- ^"Perry Inaugurated – Davis Speaker".The Pensacolian.January 10, 1885. p. 5.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
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- ^"Francis P. Fleming".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
- ^"Florida's New Governor".The Weekly Floridian.January 15, 1889. p. 2.RetrievedAugust 8,2023.
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- ^"Governor Jennings".The Pensacola News.January 8, 1901. p. 5.RetrievedAugust 8,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,p. 263.
- ^"Napoleon Bonaparte Broward".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
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- ^"Immense Crowds Greet New Governor of Florida".Pensacola News Journal.January 4, 1905. p. 1.RetrievedAugust 8,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,p. 264.
- ^"Albert Waller Gilchrist".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
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- ^"Gilchrist Inaugurated As Governor of Florida".Pensacola News Journal.January 6, 1909. p. 1.RetrievedAugust 8,2023.
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- ^"Park Trammell".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
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- ^"Park Trammell Inaugurated Governor of Florida Amid Pomp and Splendor".The Miami News.January 7, 1913. p. 1.RetrievedAugust 8,2023.
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- ^"Sidney Johnston Catts".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
- ^"Sidney Catts".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
- ^"Catts Today Becomes Governor of Florida".The Miami News.January 2, 1917. p. 1.RetrievedAugust 9,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,p. 266.
- ^"Cary Augustus Hardee".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
- ^"Cary Hardee".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
- ^"Hardee Is Inaugurated Governor".The Tampa Times.January 4, 1921. p. 1.RetrievedAugust 9,2023.
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- ^"John Wellborn Martin".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
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- ^"Doyle Elam Carlton".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
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- ^"Throng Sees Carlton Made Florida Chief".The Miami Herald.Associated Press. January 9, 1929. p. 1.RetrievedAugust 9,2023.
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- ^"David Sholtz".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
- ^"Dave Sholtz".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
- ^"Sholtz Becomes Governor of Florida".Tallahassee Democrat.January 3, 1933. p. 1.RetrievedAugust 9,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,p. 269.
- ^"Frederick Preston Cone".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
- ^"Fred Cone".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
- ^"Fred P. Cone Takes Office As Governor".Tallahassee Democrat.Associated Press. January 5, 1937. p. 1.RetrievedAugust 11,2023.
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- ^"Spessard Lindsey Holland".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 19,2023.
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- ^Abbott, Bill (January 8, 1941)."20,000 Cheer Holland As He Takes New Job".The Tampa Tribune.p. 1.RetrievedAugust 11,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,p. 270.
- ^"Millard Fillmore Caldwell".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
- ^"Millard Fillmore Caldwell".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
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- ^"Fuller Warren".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
- ^Murray, J. A. (January 5, 1949)."Governor Takes Office in Gala Show".The Tampa Tribune.p. 1.RetrievedAugust 11,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,p. 271.
- ^"Daniel Thomas McCarty".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
- ^"Dan McCarty".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
- ^McDermott, John (January 7, 1953)."McCarty, at Inaugural, Pledges Clean Regime".The Miami Herald.p. 1A.RetrievedAugust 11,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,p. 272.
- ^"Charley Eugene Johns".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
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- ^"Gallant Fight for Life Ends With McCarty Death at 41".Tallahassee Democrat.Associated Press. September 29, 1953. p. 1.RetrievedAugust 11,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,pp. 272–273.
- ^ab"Thomas Leroy Collins".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
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- ^McDermott, John B. (January 5, 1955)."Outlaws 'Barter' of Votes for Jobs in Blast at Johns".The Miami Herald.p. 1A.RetrievedAugust 11,2023.
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- ^"Cecil Farris Bryant".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
- ^"Farris Bryant".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
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- ^Sobel 1978,p. 274.
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- ^"Haydon Burns".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
- ^Bradford, Vernon (January 6, 1965)."Governor Urges Unity for Florida".The Tampa Tribune.p. 1.RetrievedAugust 11,2023.
- ^"1885 Fla. Const. amend. 223".stateconstitutions.umd.edu.RetrievedDecember 16,2023.
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- ^"Claude Roy Kirk".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
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- ^Bradford, Duane (January 4, 1967)."Kirk Calls Legislators To Act on Constitution".The Tampa Tribune.p. 1A.RetrievedAugust 11,2023.
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- ^"Daniel Robert Graham".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
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- ^McDermott, John (January 3, 1979)."Graham Takes State Reins".The Miami Herald.p. 1A.RetrievedAugust 11,2023.
- ^Anderson, Paul (January 4, 1987)."Mixson Begins 3-Day Tenure as Governor".The Miami Herald.p. 10A.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
- ^ab"Wayne Mixson".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
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- ^"Lawton Chiles".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
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- ^Van Gieson, John C. (January 9, 1991)."Governor Promises No New Taxes This Year".The Orlando Sentinel.p. A1.RetrievedAugust 11,2023.
- ^"Kenneth Hood Mackay".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
- ^ab"Kenneth Hood" Buddy "MacKay, Jr".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
- ^Bousquet, Steve; Long, Phil (December 13, 1998)."Stricken During Exercise at Mansion".The Miami Herald.p. 1A.RetrievedAugust 11,2023.
- ^"Jeb Bush".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
- ^ab"John Ellis (Jeb) Bush".Florida Memory.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
- ^Silva, Mark (January 6, 1999)."Inaugural Address Targets Education, Social Services".The Miami Herald.p. 1A.RetrievedAugust 11,2023.
- ^"Charlie Crist".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
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- ^Bousquet, Steve (January 3, 2007)."Take Oath. Look Ahead".Tampa Bay Times.p. 1A.RetrievedAugust 12,2023.
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- ^ab"Rick Scott".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
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- ^"DeSantis already governor when ceremony begins".Tampa Bay Times.January 5, 2019.RetrievedJanuary 9,2019.
- ^ab"Ron DeSantis".National Governors Association.RetrievedFebruary 20,2023.
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