Governors of Florida, 1845-2024(May beincomplete!) WilliamD. Moseley 1845-49ThomasBrown 1849-53JamesE. Broome 1853-57MadisonS. Perry 1857-61JohnMilton 1861-65AbrahamK. Allison 1865WilliamMarvin 1865DavidS. Walker 1865-68HarrisonReed 1868-73OssianB. Hart 1873-74MarcellusL. Stearns 1874-77GeorgeF. Drew 1877-81WilliamD. Bloxham 1881-85EdwardA. Perry 1885-89FrancisP. Fleming 1889-93HenryL. Mitchell 1893-97WilliamD. Bloxham 1897-1901W.S. Jennings 1901-05NapoleonB. Broward 1905-09AlbertW. Gilchrist 1909-13ParkTrammell 1913-17SidneyJ. Catts 1917-21CaryA. Hardee 1921-25JohnW. Martin 1925-29DoyleE. Carlton 1929-33DavidSholtz 1933-37FredP. Cone 1937-41SpessardL. Holland 1941-45MillardF. Caldwell, Jr. 1945-49FullerWarren 1949-53DanielThomas McCarty 1953CharleyEugene Johns 1953-55LeRoyCollins 1955-61C.Farris Bryant 1961-65HaydonBurns 1965-67ClaudeR. Kirk, Jr. 1967-71ReubinAskew 1971-79BobGraham 1979-87J.Wayne Mixson 1987BobMartinez 1987-91LawtonChiles 1991-98BuddyMackay, Jr. 1998-99JebBush 1999-2007CharlieCrist 2007-11RickScott 2011-19RonDeSantis 2019- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1845 Jul 15:WilliamD. Moseley (Dem), elected;RichardK. Call (Whig), defeated. 1848:ThomasBrown (Whig), elected;WilliamBailey (Dem), defeated. 1852:JamesE. Broome (Dem), elected;GeorgeT. Ward (Whig), defeated. 1856:MadisonS. Perry (Dem), elected;DavidS. Walker (American), defeated. 1860:JohnMilton (Dem), elected;EdwardHopkins (Constitutional Union), defeated. 1865:DavidS. Walker (Conservative Democrat), elected unopposed. 1865 Apr 1:JohnMilton, died in office. 1868:HarrisonReed (Rep), elected;GeorgeW. Scott (Dem), defeated;SamuelWalker (Radical Republican), defeated. 1872:OssianB. Hart (Rep), elected;WilliamD. Bloxham (Dem), defeated. 1874 Mar 18:OssianB. Hart, died in office. 1876:GeorgeF. Drew (Dem), elected;MarcellusL. Stearns (Rep), defeated. 1880:WilliamD. Bloxham (Dem), elected;SimonBarclay Conover (Rep), defeated. 1896:GeorgeW. Allen (Rep), defeated. 1900:WilliamH. Milton, defeated. 1912:WilliamH. Milton (Dem), defeated in primary. 1912 Nov 5:ParkTrammell (Dem), elected;ThomasW. Cox (Socialist), defeated;W.R. O'Neal (Rep), defeated;WilliamC. Hodges (Progressive), defeated;J.W. Bingham (Prohibition), defeated. 1916 Nov 7:SidneyJ. Catts (Prohibition), elected;WilliamY. Knott (Dem), defeated;GeorgeW. Allen (Rep), defeated;C.C. Allen (Socialist), defeated;NoelA. Mitchell, defeated. 1920 Nov 2:CaryA. Hardee (Dem), elected;GeorgeE. Gay (Rep), defeated;F.C. Whitaker (Socialist), defeated;W.L. Van Duzer (White Republican), defeated. 1924:SidneyJ. Catts (Dem), defeated in primary. 1924 Nov 4:JohnW. Martin (Dem), elected;W.R. O'Neal (Rep), defeated. 1928:JohnS. Taylor (Dem), defeated in primary;SidneyJ. Catts (Dem), defeated in primary. 1928 Nov 6:DoyleE. Carlton (Dem), elected;W.J. Howey (Rep), defeated. 1932:JohnW. Martin (Dem), defeated in primary. 1932 Nov 8:DavidSholtz (Dem), elected;W.J. Howey (Rep), defeated. 1936 Nov 3:FredP. Cone (Dem), elected;E.E. Callaway (Rep), defeated. 1940 Nov 5:SpessardL. Holland (Dem), elected unopposed. 1944:R.A. 'Lex' Green (Dem), defeated in primary. 1944 Nov 7:MillardF. Caldwell, Jr. (Dem), elected;BertL. Acker (Rep), defeated. 1948:DanielThomas McCarty (Dem), defeated in primary. 1948 Nov 2:FullerWarren (Dem), elected;BertL. Acker (Rep), defeated. 1952:J.Brailey Odham (Dem), defeated in primary. 1952 Nov 4:DanielThomas McCarty (Dem), elected;HarryS. Swan (Rep), defeated. 1953 Sep 28:DanielThomas McCarty, died in office. 1954:J.Brailey Odham (Dem), defeated in primary. 1954:CharleyEugene Johns, defeated. 1970:LouisA. Bafalis (Rep), defeated in primary. 1970 Sep 8:EarlFaircloth (Dem), advanced to runoff. 1970 Sep 29:EarlFaircloth (Dem), defeated in primary. 1974 Sep 10:TomAdams (Dem), defeated in primary. 1978 Sep 12:RobertL. Shevin (Dem), advanced to runoff;BobGraham (Dem), advanced to runoff;HansTanzler (Dem), defeated in primary;J.H. 'Jim' Williams (Dem), defeated in primary;BruceA. Smathers (Dem), defeated in primary;ClaudeR. Kirk, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary;LeroyEden (Dem), defeated in primary. 1978 Sep 12:JackEckerd (Rep), nominated;LouisFrey, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary. 1978 Oct 5:BobGraham (Dem), nominated;RobertL. Shevin (Dem), defeated in primary. 1978 Nov 7:BobGraham (Dem), elected;JackEckerd (Rep), defeated. 1982:LouisA. Bafalis (Rep), defeated. 1986:HarryJohnston (Dem), defeated in primary. 1986:TomGallagher (Rep), defeated. 1990:BillNelson (Dem), defeated in primary. 1990 Nov 6:LawtonChiles (Dem), elected;BobMartinez (Rep), defeated. 1994:AnderCrenshaw (Rep), defeated in primary. 1994 Nov 8:JebBush (Rep), defeated;LawtonChiles (Dem), elected. 1998 Nov 3:JebBush (Rep), elected;BuddyMackay, Jr. (Dem), defeated. 1998 Dec 12:LawtonChiles, died in office. 2002:JanetReno (Dem), defeated in primary. 2002:JebBush (Rep), elected. 2006:JimDavis (Dem), defeated. 2006 Nov 7:OmariMusa (Socialist Workers), defeated. 2010 Aug 24:BrianP. Moore (Dem), defeated in primary. 2010 Nov 2:JosueLarose, defeated. 2018:AndrewD. Gillum (Dem), defeated. 2018 Nov 6:DarcyG. Richardson (Reform), defeated. | |