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List of governors of Florida

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List of governors of Florida

The governor of Florida is the head of government of the U . state of Florida. The governor is the head of the executive branch of the government of Florida and is the commander-in-chief of the Florida National Guard and Florida State Guard. The current officeholder is Ron DeSantis, a member of the Republican Party who took office on January 8, 2019.

Tables

United States Commissioner and Governor of East and West Florida. · List of governors › Military governor
1
1
No.
1
Commissioner
Commissioner
Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
Term in office
March 10, 1821 – December 31, 1821 (resigned)
Appointed by
James Monroe
No.
Commissioner
Term in office
Appointed by
1
Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
March 10, 1821 – December 31, 1821 (resigned)
James Monroe
Governors of the Territory of Florida · List of governors › Territory of Florida
1
1
No.
1
Governor
Governor
William Pope Duval (1784–1854)
Term in office
April 17, 1822 – April 17, 1834 (successor appointed)
Appointed by
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams
No.
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
No.
Andrew Jackson
2
2
No.
2
Governor
Governor
John Eaton (1790–1856)
Term in office
April 24, 1834 – March 16, 1836 (successor appointed)
Appointed by
Andrew Jackson
3
3
No.
3
Governor
Governor
Richard K. Call (1792–1862)
Term in office
March 16, 1836 – December 2, 1839 (successor appointed)
Appointed by
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren
No.
Martin Van Buren
4
4
No.
4
Governor
Governor
Robert R. Reid (1789–1841)
Term in office
December 12, 1839 – March 19, 1841 (successor appointed)
Appointed by
Martin Van Buren
5
5
No.
5
Governor
Governor
Richard K. Call (1792–1862)
Term in office
March 19, 1841 – August 11, 1844 (successor appointed)
Appointed by
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
John Tyler
No.
John Tyler
6
6
No.
6
Governor
Governor
John Branch (1782–1863)
Term in office
August 11, 1844 – June 25, 1845 (statehood)
Appointed by
John Tyler
No.
Governor
Term in office
Appointed by
1
William Pope Duval (1784–1854)
April 17, 1822 – April 17, 1834 (successor appointed)
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
2
John Eaton (1790–1856)
April 24, 1834 – March 16, 1836 (successor appointed)
Andrew Jackson
3
Richard K. Call (1792–1862)
March 16, 1836 – December 2, 1839 (successor appointed)
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
4
Robert R. Reid (1789–1841)
December 12, 1839 – March 19, 1841 (successor appointed)
Martin Van Buren
5
Richard K. Call (1792–1862)
March 19, 1841 – August 11, 1844 (successor appointed)
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
6
John Branch (1782–1863)
August 11, 1844 – June 25, 1845 (statehood)
John Tyler
Governors of the State of Florida · List of governors › State of Florida
1
1
No.
1
Governor
Governor
William Dunn Moseley (1795–1863)
Term in office
June 25, 1845 – October 1, 1849 (term-limited)
Party
Democratic
Election
1845
Lt. Governor
Office did not exist
2
2
No.
2
Governor
Governor
Thomas Brown (1785–1867)
Term in office
October 1, 1849 – October 3, 1853 (term-limited)
Party
Whig
Election
1848
3
3
No.
3
Governor
Governor
James E. Broome (1808–1883)
Term in office
October 3, 1853 – October 5, 1857 (term-limited)
Party
Democratic
Election
1852
4
4
No.
4
Governor
Governor
Madison S. Perry (1814–1865)
Governor
October 5, 1857 – October 7, 1861 (term-limited)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1856
5
5
No.
5
Governor
Governor
John Milton (1807–1865)
Governor
October 7, 1861 – April 1, 1865 (died in office)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1860
6
6
No.
6
Governor
Governor
Abraham K. Allison (1810–1893)
Governor
April 1, 1865 – May 19, 1865 (resigned)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
President of the Senate acting
—
—
No.
—
Governor
Vacant
Governor
May 19, 1865 – July 13, 1865
Governor
Office vacated after Civil War
7
7
No.
7
Governor
Governor
William Marvin (1808–1902)
Term in office
July 13, 1865 – December 20, 1865 (provisional term ended)
Party
Provisional governor appointed by President Andrew Johnson
8
8
No.
8
Governor
Governor
David S. Walker (1815–1891)
Term in office
December 20, 1865 – July 4, 1868 (did not run)
Party
Conservative
Election
1865
Lt. Governor
William W. J. Kelly
9
9
No.
9
Governor
Governor
Harrison Reed (1813–1899)
Term in office
July 4, 1868 – January 7, 1873 (did not run)
Party
Republican
Election
1868
Lt. Governor
William Henry Gleason (removed December 14, 1868)
Vacant
Vacant
No.
Vacant
Samuel T. Day (took office December 27, 1870)
Samuel T. Day (took office December 27, 1870)
No.
Samuel T. Day (took office December 27, 1870)
10
10
No.
10
Governor
Governor
Ossian B. Hart (1821–1874)
Governor
January 7, 1873 – March 18, 1874 (died in office)
Term in office
Republican
Party
1872
Election
Marcellus Stearns
11
11
No.
11
Governor
Governor
Marcellus Stearns (1839–1891)
Governor
March 18, 1874 – January 2, 1877 (lost election)
Term in office
Republican
Party
Lieutenant governor acting
Election
Acting as governor
12
12
No.
12
Governor
Governor
George Franklin Drew (1827–1900)
Term in office
January 2, 1877 – January 4, 1881 (did not run)
Party
Democratic
Election
1876
Lt. Governor
Noble A. Hull (resigned March 3, 1879)
Vacant
Vacant
No.
Vacant
13
13
No.
13
Governor
Governor
William D. Bloxham (1835–1911)
Governor
January 4, 1881 – January 6, 1885 (lost nomination)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1880
Lt. Governor
Livingston W. Bethel
14
14
No.
14
Governor
Governor
Edward A. Perry (1831–1889)
Governor
January 6, 1885 – January 8, 1889 (term-limited)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1884
Election
Milton H. Mabry
15
15
No.
15
Governor
Governor
Francis P. Fleming (1841–1908)
Governor
January 8, 1889 – January 3, 1893 (term-limited)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1888
Election
Office did not exist
16
16
No.
16
Governor
Governor
Henry L. Mitchell (1831–1903)
Governor
January 3, 1893 – January 5, 1897 (term-limited)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1892
17
17
No.
17
Governor
Governor
William D. Bloxham (1835–1911)
Governor
January 5, 1897 – January 8, 1901 (term-limited)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1896
18
18
No.
18
Governor
Governor
William Sherman Jennings (1863–1920)
Governor
January 8, 1901 – January 3, 1905 (term-limited)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1900
19
19
No.
19
Governor
Governor
Napoleon B. Broward (1857–1910)
Governor
January 3, 1905 – January 5, 1909 (term-limited)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1904
20
20
No.
20
Governor
Governor
Albert W. Gilchrist (1858–1926)
Governor
January 5, 1909 – January 7, 1913 (term-limited)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1908
21
21
No.
21
Governor
Governor
Park Trammell (1876–1936)
Governor
January 7, 1913 – January 2, 1917 (term-limited)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1912
22
22
No.
22
Governor
Governor
Sidney Johnston Catts (1863–1936)
Term in office
January 2, 1917 – January 4, 1921 (term-limited)
Party
Prohibition
Election
1916
23
23
No.
23
Governor
Governor
Cary A. Hardee (1876–1957)
Term in office
January 4, 1921 – January 6, 1925 (term-limited)
Party
Democratic
Election
1920
24
24
No.
24
Governor
Governor
John W. Martin (1884–1958)
Governor
January 6, 1925 – January 8, 1929 (term-limited)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1924
25
25
No.
25
Governor
Governor
Doyle E. Carlton (1885–1972)
Governor
January 8, 1929 – January 3, 1933 (term-limited)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1928
26
26
No.
26
Governor
Governor
David Sholtz (1891–1953)
Governor
January 3, 1933 – January 5, 1937 (term-limited)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1932
27
27
No.
27
Governor
Governor
Fred P. Cone (1871–1948)
Governor
January 5, 1937 – January 7, 1941 (term-limited)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1936
28
28
No.
28
Governor
Governor
Spessard Holland (1892–1971)
Governor
January 7, 1941 – January 2, 1945 (term-limited)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1940
29
29
No.
29
Governor
Governor
Millard Caldwell (1897–1984)
Governor
January 2, 1945 – January 4, 1949 (term-limited)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1944
30
30
No.
30
Governor
Governor
Fuller Warren (1905–1973)
Governor
January 4, 1949 – January 6, 1953 (term-limited)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1948
31
31
No.
31
Governor
Governor
Daniel T. McCarty (1912–1953)
Governor
January 6, 1953 – September 28, 1953 (died in office)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1952
32
32
No.
32
Governor
Governor
Charley Eugene Johns (1905–1990)
Governor
September 28, 1953 – January 4, 1955 (lost nomination)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
President of the Senate acting
33
33
No.
33
Governor
Governor
LeRoy Collins (1909–1991)
Governor
January 4, 1955 – January 3, 1961 (term-limited)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1954 (special)
1956
1956
No.
1956
34
34
No.
34
Governor
Governor
C. Farris Bryant (1914–2002)
Governor
January 3, 1961 – January 5, 1965 (term-limited)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1960
35
35
No.
35
Governor
Governor
W. Haydon Burns (1912–1987)
Governor
January 5, 1965 – January 3, 1967 (lost nomination)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1964
36
36
No.
36
Governor
Governor
Claude R. Kirk Jr. (1926–2011)
Term in office
January 3, 1967 – January 5, 1971 (lost election)
Party
Republican
Election
1966
37
37
No.
37
Governor
Governor
Reubin Askew (1928–2014)
Term in office
January 5, 1971 – January 2, 1979 (term-limited)
Party
Democratic
Election
1970
Lt. Governor
Thomas Burton Adams Jr.
1974
1974
No.
1974
Governor
Jim Williams
38
38
No.
38
Governor
Governor
Bob Graham (1936–2024)
Governor
January 2, 1979 – January 3, 1987 (resigned)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
1978
Election
Wayne Mixson
1982
1982
No.
1982
39
39
No.
39
Governor
Governor
Wayne Mixson (1922–2020)
Governor
January 3, 1987 – January 6, 1987 (successor took office)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
Election
Vacant
40
40
No.
40
Governor
Governor
Bob Martinez (b. 1934)
Term in office
January 6, 1987 – January 8, 1991 (lost election)
Party
Republican
Election
1986
Lt. Governor
Bobby Brantley
41
41
No.
41
Governor
Governor
Lawton Chiles (1930–1998)
Term in office
January 8, 1991 – December 12, 1998 (died in office)
Party
Democratic
Election
1990
Lt. Governor
Buddy MacKay
1994
1994
No.
1994
42
42
No.
42
Governor
Governor
Buddy MacKay (1933–2024)
Governor
December 12, 1998 – January 5, 1999 (successor took office)
Term in office
Democratic
Party
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
Election
Vacant
43
43
No.
43
Governor
Governor
Jeb Bush (b. 1953)
Term in office
January 5, 1999 – January 2, 2007 (term-limited)
Party
Republican
Election
1998
Lt. Governor
Frank Brogan (resigned March 3, 2003)
2002
2002
No.
2002
Toni Jennings
Toni Jennings
No.
Toni Jennings
44
44
No.
44
Governor
Governor
Charlie Crist (b. 1956)
Governor
January 2, 2007 – January 4, 2011 (did not run)
Term in office
Republican
Party
2006
Election
Jeff Kottkamp
45
45
No.
45
Governor
Governor
Rick Scott (b. 1952)
Governor
January 4, 2011 – January 7, 2019 (term-limited)
Term in office
Republican
Party
2010
Election
Jennifer Carroll (resigned March 12, 2013)
Vacant
Vacant
No.
Vacant
2014
2014
No.
2014
46
46
No.
46
Governor
Governor
Ron DeSantis (b. 1978)
Governor
January 8, 2019 – Incumbent
Term in office
Republican
Party
2018
Election
Jeanette Nuñez (resigned February 16, 2025)
2022
2022
No.
2022
Vacant
Vacant
No.
Vacant
No.
Governor
Term in office
Party
Election
Lt. Governor
1
William Dunn Moseley (1795–1863)
June 25, 1845 – October 1, 1849 (term-limited)
Democratic
1845
Office did not exist
2
Thomas Brown (1785–1867)
October 1, 1849 – October 3, 1853 (term-limited)
Whig
1848
3
James E. Broome (1808–1883)
October 3, 1853 – October 5, 1857 (term-limited)
Democratic
1852
4
Madison S. Perry (1814–1865)
October 5, 1857 – October 7, 1861 (term-limited)
Democratic
1856
5
John Milton (1807–1865)
October 7, 1861 – April 1, 1865 (died in office)
Democratic
1860
6
Abraham K. Allison (1810–1893)
April 1, 1865 – May 19, 1865 (resigned)
Democratic
President of the Senate acting
—
Vacant
May 19, 1865 – July 13, 1865
Office vacated after Civil War
7
William Marvin (1808–1902)
July 13, 1865 – December 20, 1865 (provisional term ended)
Provisional governor appointed by President Andrew Johnson
8
David S. Walker (1815–1891)
December 20, 1865 – July 4, 1868 (did not run)
Conservative
1865
William W. J. Kelly
9
Harrison Reed (1813–1899)
July 4, 1868 – January 7, 1873 (did not run)
Republican
1868
William Henry Gleason (removed December 14, 1868)
Vacant
Edmund C. Weeks (appointed January 24, 1870) (term ended December 27, 1870)
Samuel T. Day (took office December 27, 1870)
10
Ossian B. Hart (1821–1874)
January 7, 1873 – March 18, 1874 (died in office)
Republican
1872
Marcellus Stearns
11
Marcellus Stearns (1839–1891)
March 18, 1874 – January 2, 1877 (lost election)
Republican
Lieutenant governor acting
Acting as governor
12
George Franklin Drew (1827–1900)
January 2, 1877 – January 4, 1881 (did not run)
Democratic
1876
Noble A. Hull (resigned March 3, 1879)
Vacant
13
William D. Bloxham (1835–1911)
January 4, 1881 – January 6, 1885 (lost nomination)
Democratic
1880
Livingston W. Bethel
14
Edward A. Perry (1831–1889)
January 6, 1885 – January 8, 1889 (term-limited)
Democratic
1884
Milton H. Mabry
15
Francis P. Fleming (1841–1908)
January 8, 1889 – January 3, 1893 (term-limited)
Democratic
1888
Office did not exist
16
Henry L. Mitchell (1831–1903)
January 3, 1893 – January 5, 1897 (term-limited)
Democratic
1892
17
William D. Bloxham (1835–1911)
January 5, 1897 – January 8, 1901 (term-limited)
Democratic
1896
18
William Sherman Jennings (1863–1920)
January 8, 1901 – January 3, 1905 (term-limited)
Democratic
1900
19
Napoleon B. Broward (1857–1910)
January 3, 1905 – January 5, 1909 (term-limited)
Democratic
1904
20
Albert W. Gilchrist (1858–1926)
January 5, 1909 – January 7, 1913 (term-limited)
Democratic
1908
21
Park Trammell (1876–1936)
January 7, 1913 – January 2, 1917 (term-limited)
Democratic
1912
22
Sidney Johnston Catts (1863–1936)
January 2, 1917 – January 4, 1921 (term-limited)
Prohibition
1916
23
Cary A. Hardee (1876–1957)
January 4, 1921 – January 6, 1925 (term-limited)
Democratic
1920
24
John W. Martin (1884–1958)
January 6, 1925 – January 8, 1929 (term-limited)
Democratic
1924
25
Doyle E. Carlton (1885–1972)
January 8, 1929 – January 3, 1933 (term-limited)
Democratic
1928
26
David Sholtz (1891–1953)
January 3, 1933 – January 5, 1937 (term-limited)
Democratic
1932
27
Fred P. Cone (1871–1948)
January 5, 1937 – January 7, 1941 (term-limited)
Democratic
1936
28
Spessard Holland (1892–1971)
January 7, 1941 – January 2, 1945 (term-limited)
Democratic
1940
29
Millard Caldwell (1897–1984)
January 2, 1945 – January 4, 1949 (term-limited)
Democratic
1944
30
Fuller Warren (1905–1973)
January 4, 1949 – January 6, 1953 (term-limited)
Democratic
1948
31
Daniel T. McCarty (1912–1953)
January 6, 1953 – September 28, 1953 (died in office)
Democratic
1952
32
Charley Eugene Johns (1905–1990)
September 28, 1953 – January 4, 1955 (lost nomination)
Democratic
President of the Senate acting
33
LeRoy Collins (1909–1991)
January 4, 1955 – January 3, 1961 (term-limited)
Democratic
1954 (special)
1956
34
C. Farris Bryant (1914–2002)
January 3, 1961 – January 5, 1965 (term-limited)
Democratic
1960
35
W. Haydon Burns (1912–1987)
January 5, 1965 – January 3, 1967 (lost nomination)
Democratic
1964
36
Claude R. Kirk Jr. (1926–2011)
January 3, 1967 – January 5, 1971 (lost election)
Republican
1966
Ray C. Osborne (office created January 7, 1969)
37
Reubin Askew (1928–2014)
January 5, 1971 – January 2, 1979 (term-limited)
Democratic
1970
Thomas Burton Adams Jr.
1974
Jim Williams
38
Bob Graham (1936–2024)
January 2, 1979 – January 3, 1987 (resigned)
Democratic
1978
Wayne Mixson
1982
39
Wayne Mixson (1922–2020)
January 3, 1987 – January 6, 1987 (successor took office)
Democratic
Succeeded from lieutenant governor
Vacant
40
Bob Martinez (b. 1934)
January 6, 1987 – January 8, 1991 (lost election)
Republican
1986
Bobby Brantley

References

  1. Jackson left Florida on October 8, 1821. His resignation was submitted on November 13, and the president accepted it on
  2. The range given is from the date the governor was confirmed by the Senate, or appointed by the President during a Senate
  3. Duval was nominated to be "Governor of the Floridas" on April 15, 1822. This was withdrawn and he was nominated to be "G
  4. The nomination of Duval's successor says his commission would expire on April 17, 1834.
  5. At some point in 1827, the territorial secretary William M. McCarty acted as governor.
  6. Eaton was nominated on March 29, 1834, for a term beginning April 17, when his predecessor's commission expired; confirm
  7. Call was nominated on February 18, 1836, confirmed by the Senate on March 16, and took office on April 4. He was reconfi
  8. Multiple sources say Call's term ended on December 2, 1836, but none say why, nor why this happened a week before Reid's
  9. Reid was nominated on December 11, 1839, and confirmed by the Senate on December 12.
  10. Call was appointed on March 19, 1841, during a Senate recess; nominated on June 17; and confirmed by the Senate on Augus
  11. Branch was nominated on June 14, 1844, and confirmed by the Senate on June 15, for a term to start August 11.
  12. The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1868, abolished in 1885, and recreated in 1968.
  13. Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  14. Under the 1839 constitution, governors were ineligible for re-election until four years had passed.
  15. Milton committed suicide due to the pending defeat of the Confederate States of America, stating in his final address to
  16. Allison resigned to go into hiding from approaching Union troops, and was captured by them on June 19, 1865.
  17. Marvin was appointed provisional governor by the Union occupation.
  18. Represented the Republican Party
  19. Reed was popularly elected under the terms of the 1868 constitution, and took the oath of office on June 8, 1868; howev
  20. During an attempted impeachment of Reed, Gleason proclaimed himself governor. The Supreme Court eventually sided with Re
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