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The governor of Florida is the head of government of the U.S. 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.
| No. | Commissioner | Term in office | Appointed by | |
| 1 | | Andrew Jackson(1767–1845) | March 10, 1821–December 31, 1821(resigned) | James Monroe |
| 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 |
| 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 ofthe Senateacting | |||
| — | Vacant | May 19, 1865–July 13, 1865 | Office vacatedafter civil war | |||||
| 7 | | William Marvin(1808–1902) | July 13, 1865–December 20, 1865(provisional term ended) | Provisional governorappointed by President | ||||
| 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 | Lieutenantgovernoracting | 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 ofthe Senateacting | |||
| 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 fromlieutenantgovernor | Vacant | ||
| 40 | | Bob Martinez(b. 1934) | January 6, 1987–January 8, 1991(lost election) | Republican | 1986 | Bobby Brantley | ||