governor succeeded predecessor successor birth_name birth_place death_date death_place party office preceded birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
william sherman jennings william v. knott william b. lamar w.h. ellis james bryan whitfield wayne county , north carolina 20 august 1948 tallahassee , florida democratic 17th florida attorney general of florida 11th state treasurer of clarence b. collins 08 november 1860 1903 june 19 , 1897 jbwhitfield.jpg james b. whitfield
 1904 march 1 , 1903 james bryan whitfield university of virginia
james b. whitfield

james bryan whitfield -lrb- november 8 , 1860 - august 20 , 1948 -rrb- was a florida lawyer .
he served as the 11th state treasurer of florida -lrb- 1897-1903 -rrb- , 17th attorney general of florida -lrb- 1903-1904 -rrb- , and long-time chief justice of the supreme court of florida .
