Florida

Florida is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. It was admitted to the U.S. on March 3, 1845, as the twenty-seventh state. Florida was also one of the eleven states that seceded from the U.S. to form the Confederate States of America in 1861. It was formally readmitted to the U.S. on June 25, 1868. Florida is the twenty-second largest state by area and the third largest by population.
==State Facts==
Name 	Florida
Capital City 	Tallahassee
Population 	21, 477, 737  (3/50)
Area 	65, 757 square miles  (22/50)
Counties 	67
Largest Cities	Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, St. Petersburg
==Governors==
Number	Name	Party	Term 	Spouse
1 	
William Dunn Moseley
(1795-1863)	Dem. 	1845-49 	N/A
2 	
Thomas Brown
(1785-1867)	Whig 	1849-53 	N/A
3 	
James E. Broome
(1808-83)	Dem. 	1853-57 	N/A
4 	
Madison S. Perry
(1814-65)	Dem. 	1857-61 	Martha Perry
5 	
John Milton
(1807-65)	Dem. 	1861-65 	Caroline Milton
6 	
Abraham K. Allison
(1814-93)	Dem. 	1865 	Elizabeth Allison
7 	
William Marvin
(1808-1902)	Dem. 	1865 	N/A
8 	
David S. Walker
(1815-91)	Dem. 	1865-68 	Philoclea Walker
9 	
Harrison Reed
(1813-99)	Rep. 	1868-73 	Chloe Reed
10 	
Ossian B. Hart
(1821-74)	Rep. 	1873-74 	Catherine Hart
11 	
Marcellus Stearns
(1839-91)	Rep. 	1874-77 	N/A
12 	
George Franklin Drew
(1827-1900)	Dem. 	1877-81 	Amelia Drew
13 	
William D. Bloxham
(1835-1911)	Dem. 	1881-85 	Mary Bloxham
14 	
Edward A. Perry
(1831-89)	Dem. 	1885-89 	Wathen Perry
15 	
Francis P. Fleming
(1841-1908)	Dem. 	1889-93 	Floride Fleming
16 	
Henry L. Mitchell
(1831-1903)	Dem. 	1893-97 	Eucenia Mitchell
17 	
William D. Bloxham
(1835-1911)	Dem. 	1897-1901	Mary Bloxham
18 	
William Sherman Jennings
(1863-1920)	Dem. 	1901-05 	May Jennings
19 	
Napoleon B. Broward
(1857-1910)	Dem. 	1905-09 	Annie Broward
20 	
Albert W. Gilchrist
(1858-1926)	Dem. 	1909-13 	N/A
21 	
Park Trammell
(1876-1936)	Dem. 	1913-17 	Virginia Trammell
22 	
Sidney Johnston Catts
(1863-1936)	Proh.	1917-21 	Alice Catts
23 	
Cary A. Hardee
(1876-1957)	Dem. 	1921-25 	Maud Hardee
24 	
John W. Martin
(1884-1958)	Dem. 	1925-29 	Lottie Martin
25 	
Doyle E. Carlton
(1885-1972)	Dem. 	1929-33 	Nell Carlton
26 	
David Sholtz
(1891-1953)	Dem. 	1933-37 	Alice Sholtz
27 	
Fred P. Cone
(1871-1948)	Dem. 	1937-41 	Mildred Cone
28 	
Spessard Holland
(1892-1971)	Dem. 	1941-45 	Mary Holland
29 	
Millard Caldwell
(1897-1984)	Dem. 	1945-49 	Mary Caldwell
30 	
Fuller Warren
(1905-73)	Dem. 	1949-53 	Barbara Warren
31 	
Daniel T. McCarty
(1912-53)	Dem. 	1953 	Olympia McCarty
32 	
Charley Eugene Johns
(1905-90)	Dem. 	1953-55 	Thelma Johns
33 	
LeRoy Collins
(1909-91)	Dem. 	1955-61 	Mary Collins
34 	
C. Farris Bryant
(1914-2002)	Dem. 	1961-65 	Julia Bryant
35 	
W. Haydon Burns
(1912-87)	Dem. 	1965-67 	Mildred Burns
36 	
Claude R. Kirk Jr.
(1926-2011)	Rep. 	1967-71 	Erika Kirk
37 	
Reubin Askew
(1928-2014)	Dem. 	1971-79 	Donna Askew
38 	
Bob Graham
(1936-)	Dem. 	1979-87 	Adele Graham
39 	
Wayne Mixson
(1922-)	Dem. 	1987 	Margie Mixson
40 	
Bob Martinez
(1934-)	Rep. 	1987-91 	Mary Martinez
41 	
Lawton Chiles
(1930-98)	Dem. 	1991-98 	Rhea Chiles
42 	
Buddy MacKay
(1933-)	Dem. 	1998-99 	Anne MacKay
43 	
Jeb Bush
(1953-)	Rep. 	1999-2007	Columba Bush
44 	
Charlie Crist
(1956-)	Rep. 	2007-11 	Carole Crist
45 	
Rick Scott
(1952-)	Rep. 	2011-19 	Ann Scott
46 	
Ron DeSantis
(1978-)	Rep. 	2019-Pr. 	Casey DeSantis
==U.S. Senators (Class 1 and Class 3)==
Class 1: 1845-61 (Next Election in 2024)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
1. 	David Levy Yulee
(1810-86)	Democratic 	1845-51
(6 years)
2. 	Stephen Mallory
(1812-73)	Democratic 	1851-61
(10 years)
There were no U.S. Senators from Florida from January 21, 1861 until June 17, 1868, due to the secession of Florida from the United States.
Class 1: 1868-Present
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
3. 	Adonijah Welch
(1821-89)	Republican 	1868-69
(1 year)
4. 	Abijah Gilbert
(1806-81)	Republican 	1869-75
(6 years)
5. 	Charles W. Jones
(1834-97)	Democratic 	1875-87
(12 years)
6. 	Samuel Pasco
(1834-1917)	Democratic 	1887-99
(12 years)
7. 	James Taliaferro
(1847-1934)	Democratic 	1899-1911
(12 years)
8. 	Nathan Philemon Bryan
(1872-1935)	Democratic 	1911-17
(6 years)
9. 	Park Trammell
(1876-1936)	Democratic 	1917-36
(19 years)
10. 	Scott Loftin
(1878-1953)	Democratic 	1936
(5 months)
11. 	Charles O. Andrews
(1877-1946)	Democratic 	1936-46
(10 years)
12. 	Spessard Holland
(1892-1971)	Democratic 	1946-71
(25 years)
13. 	Lawton Chiles
(1930-98)	Democratic 	1971-89
(18 years)
14. 	Connie Mack III
(1940-)	Republican 	1989-2001
(12 years)
15. 	Bill Nelson
(1942-)	Democratic 	2001-19
(18 years)
16. 	Rick Scott
(1952-)	Republican 	2019-Present
(2 years)
Class 3: 1845-61 (Next Election in 2022)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
1. 	James Westcott
(1802-80)	Democratic 	1845-49
(4 years)
2. 	Jackson Morton
(1794-1874)	Whig 	1849-55
(6 years)
3. 	David Levy Yulee
(1810-86)	Democratic 	1855-61
(6 years)
Class 3: 1868-Present
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
4. 	Thomas W. Osborn
(1833-98)	Republican 	1868-73
(5 years)
5. 	Simon B. Conover
(1840-1908)	Republican 	1873-79
(6 years)
6. 	Wilkinson Call
(1834-1910)	Democratic 	1879-91
(12 years)
7. 	Wilkinson Call
(1834-1910)	Democratic 	1891-97
(6 years)
8. 	Stephen Mallory II
(1848-1907)	Democratic 	1897-1907
(10 years)
9. 	William James Bryan
(1876-1908)	Democratic 	1907-08
(1 year)
10. 	William Hall Milton
(1864-1942)	Democratic 	1908-09
(1 year)
11. 	Duncan U. Fletcher
(1859-1936)	Democratic 	1909-36
(27 years)
12. 	William Luther Hill
(1873-1951)	Democratic 	1936
(4 months)
13. 	Claude Pepper
(1900-89)	Democratic 	1936-51
(15 years)
14. 	George Smathers
(1913-2007)	Democratic 	1951-69
(18 years)
15. 	Edward Gurney
(1914-96)	Republican 	1969-74
(5 years)
16. 	Richard Stone
(1928-2019)	Democratic 	1975-80
(5 years)
17. 	Paula Hawkins
(1927-2009)	Republican 	1981-87
(6 years)
18. 	Bob Graham
(1936-)	Democratic 	1987-2005
(18 years)
19. 	Mel Martinez
(1946-)	Republican 	2005-09
(4 years)
20. 	George LeMieux
(1969-)	Republican 	2009-11
(2 years)
21. 	Marco Rubio
(1971-)	Republican 	2011-Present
(10 years)