List of Governors of Florida
Governors of the State of Florida
The State of Florida was admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845. It seceded from the Union on January 10, 1861, and joined the Confederate States of America on February 8, 1861, as a founding member.

List of Governors of Florida

Section Title: Governors of the State of Florida
Table Section Text: The State of Florida was admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845. It seceded from the Union on January 10, 1861, and joined the Confederate States of America on February 8, 1861, as a founding member.

No.	Governor	Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor

1	-	William Dunn Moseley	June 25, 1845 – October 1, 1849 (term limited)	Democratic	1845	Office did not exist

2	-	Thomas Brown	October 1, 1849 – October 3, 1853 (term limited)	Whig	1849

3	-	James E. Broome	October 3, 1853 – October 5, 1857 (term limited)	Democratic	1853

4	-	Madison S. Perry	October 5, 1857 – October 7, 1861 (term limited)	Democratic	1857

5	-	John Milton	October 7, 1861 – April 1, 1865 (died in office)	Democratic	1861

6	-	Abraham K. Allison	April 1, 1865 – May 19, 1865 (resigned)	Democratic	President of the Senate acting as Governor

—	Vacant	May 19, 1865 – July 13, 1865	—	Office vacated after civil war

7	-	William Marvin	July 13, 1865 – December 20, 1865 (provisional term ended)	—	Provisional governor appointed by President

8	-	David S. Walker	December 20, 1865 – July 4, 1868	Democratic	1865	William W. J. Kelly

9	-	Harrison Reed	July 4, 1868 – January 7, 1873 (not candidate for election)	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	January 7, 1873 – March 18, 1874 (died in office)	Republican	1872	Marcellus Stearns

11	-	Marcellus Stearns	March 18, 1874 – January 2, 1877 (lost election)	Republican	Lieutenant Governor acting as Governor	Acting as Governor

12	-	George Franklin Drew	January 2, 1877 – January 4, 1881 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1876	Noble A. Hull (resigned March 3, 1879)

Vacant

13	-	William D. Bloxham	January 4, 1881 – January 7, 1885 (term limited)	Democratic	1880	Livingston W. Bethel

14	-	Edward A. Perry	January 7, 1885 – January 8, 1889 (term limited)	Democratic	1884	Milton H. Mabry

15	-	Francis P. Fleming	January 8, 1889 – January 3, 1893 (term limited)	Democratic	1888	Office did not exist

16	-	Henry L. Mitchell	January 3, 1893 – January 5, 1897 (term limited)	Democratic	1892

17	-	William D. Bloxham	January 5, 1897 – January 8, 1901 (term limited)	Democratic	1896

18	-	William Sherman Jennings	January 8, 1901 – January 3, 1905 (term limited)	Democratic	1900

19	-	Napoleon B. Broward	January 3, 1905 – January 5, 1909 (term limited)	Democratic	1904

20	-	Albert W. Gilchrist	January 5, 1909 – January 7, 1913 (term limited)	Democratic	1908

21	-	Park Trammell	January 7, 1913 – January 2, 1917 (term limited)	Democratic	1912

22	-	Sidney Johnston Catts	January 2, 1917 – January 4, 1921 (term limited)	Prohibition	1916

23	-	Cary A. Hardee	January 4, 1921 – January 6, 1925 (term limited)	Democratic	1920

24	-	John W. Martin	January 6, 1925 – January 8, 1929 (term limited)	Democratic	1924

25	-	Doyle E. Carlton	January 8, 1929 – January 3, 1933 (term limited)	Democratic	1928

26	-	David Sholtz	January 3, 1933 – January 5, 1937 (term limited)	Democratic	1932

27	-	Fred P. Cone	January 5, 1937 – January 7, 1941 (term limited)	Democratic	1936

28	-	Spessard Holland	January 7, 1941 – January 2, 1945 (term limited)	Democratic	1940

29	-	Millard Caldwell	January 2, 1945 – January 4, 1949 (term limited)	Democratic	1944

30	-	Fuller Warren	January 4, 1949 – January 6, 1953 (term limited)	Democratic	1948

31	-	Daniel T. McCarty	January 6, 1953 – September 28, 1953 (died in office)	Democratic	1952

32	-	Charley Eugene Johns	September 28, 1953 – January 4, 1955 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	President of the Senate acting as Governor

33	-	LeRoy Collins	January 4, 1955 – January 3, 1961 (term limited)	Democratic	1954 (special)

1956

34	-	C. Farris Bryant	January 3, 1961 – January 5, 1965 (term limited)	Democratic	1960

35	-	W. Haydon Burns	January 5, 1965 – January 3, 1967 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1964

36	-	Claude R. Kirk Jr.	January 3, 1967 – January 5, 1971 (lost election)	Republican	1966

Ray C. Osborne (office created January 7, 1969)

37	-	Reubin Askew	January 5, 1971 – January 2, 1979 (term limited)	Democratic	1970	Thomas Burton Adams Jr.

1974	Jim Williams

38	-	Bob Graham	January 2, 1979 – January 3, 1987 (resigned)	Democratic	1978	Wayne Mixson

1982

39	-	Wayne Mixson	January 3, 1987 – January 6, 1987 (successor took office)	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

40	-	Bob Martinez	January 6, 1987 – January 8, 1991 (lost election)	Republican	1986	Bobby Brantley

41	-	Lawton Chiles	January 8, 1991 – December 12, 1998 (died in office)	Democratic	1990	Buddy MacKay

1994

42	-	Buddy MacKay	December 12, 1998 – January 5, 1999	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

43	-	Jeb Bush	January 5, 1999 – January 2, 2007 (term limited)	Republican	1998	Frank Brogan (resigned March 3, 2003)

2002

Toni Jennings

44	-	Charlie Crist	January 2, 2007 – January 4, 2011 (not candidate for election)	Republican	2006	Jeff Kottkamp

45	-	Rick Scott	January 4, 2011 – January 7, 2019 (term limited)	Republican	2010	Jennifer Carroll (resigned March 12, 2013)

Vacant

Carlos Lopez-Cantera (appointed February 3, 2014)

2014

46	-	Ron DeSantis	January 8, 2019 – present	Republican	2018	Jeanette Núñez

Sentence(s)

In 1998, the Lieutenant Governor of Florida, Democrat Buddy MacKay, became Governor of Florida.

final_sentence: In 1998, the Lieutenant Governor of Florida, Democrat Buddy MacKay, became Governor of Florida.