Florida Governors Territory Governors Name Took Office Left Office William P. Duval 17 April 1822 24 April 1834 John Eaton 24 April 1834 16 March 1836 Richard K. Call 16 March 1836 2 December 1839 Robert R. Reid 2 December 1839 19 March 1841 Richard K. Call 19 March 1841 11 August 1844 John Branch 11 August 1844 25 June 1845 State Governors Name Took Office Left Office Party William D. Moseley 25 June 1845 1 October 1849 Democrat Thomas Brown 1 October 1849 3 October 1853 Whig James E. Broome 3 October 1853 5 October 1857 Democrat Madison S. Perry 5 October 1857 7 October 1861 Democrat John Milton 7 October 1861 1 April 1865 Democrat Abraham K. Allison 1 April 1865 19 May 1865 Democrat William Marvin 13 July 1865 20 December 1865 None David S. Walker 20 December 1865 4 July 1868 Conservative Harrison Reed 4 July 1868 7 January 1873 Republican Ossian B. Hart 7 January 1873 18 March 1874 Republican Marcellus L. Sterns 18 March 1874 2 January 1877 Republican George F. Drew 2 January 1877 4 January 1881 Democrat William D. Bloxham 4 January 1881 7 January 1885 Democrat Edward A. Perry 7 January 1885 8 January 1889 Democrat Francis P. Fleming 8 January 1889 3 January 1893 Democrat Henry L. Mitchell 3 January 1893 5 January 1897 Democrat William D. Bloxham 5 January 1897 8 January 1901 Democrat William S. Jennings 8 January 1901 3 January 1905 Democrat Napoleon B. Broward 3 January 1905 5 January 1909 Democrat Albert W. Gilchrist 5 January 1909 7 January 1913 Democrat Park Trammell 7 January 1913 2 January 1917 Democrat Sidney J. Catts 2 January 1917 4 January 1921 Prohibition Cary A. Hardee 4 January 1921 6 January 1925 Democrat John W. Martin 6 January 1925 8 January 1929 Democrat Doyle E. Carlton 8 January 1929 3 January 1933 Democrat David Sholtz 4 January 1933 5 January 1937 Democrat Fred P. Cone 5 January 1937 7 January 1941 Democrat Spessard Holland 7 January 1941 2 January 1945 Democrat Millard F. Caldwell 2 January 1945 4 January 1949 Democrat Fuller Warren 4 January 1949 6 January 1953 Democrat Daniel T. McCarty 6 January 1953 28 September 1953 Democrat Charley E. Johns 28 September 1953 4 January 1955 Democrat T. LeRoy Collins 4 January 1955 3 January 1961 Democrat C. Farris Bryant 3 January 1961 5 January 1965 Democrat W. Haydon Burns 5 January 1965 3 January 1967 Democrat Claude R. Kirk, Jr. 3 January 1967 5 January 1971 Republican Reubin O'D. Askew 5 January 1971 2 January 1979 Democrat D. Robert Graham 2 January 1979 3 January 1987 Democrat J. Wayne Mixson 3 January 1987 6 January 1987 Democrat Robert Martinez 6 January 1987 8 January 1991 Republican Lawton M. Chiles, Jr. 8 January 1991 12 December 1998 Democrat Kenneth H. "Buddy" MacKay, Jr. 12 December 1998 5 January 1999 Democrat John E. "Jeb" Bush 5 January 1999 2 January 2007 Republican Charles Joseph "Charlie" Crist, Jr. 2 January 2007 Incumbent Republican Back to Florida Home Page Back to Genealogy Trails ©2008 Genealogy Trails