A list of governors from the state of Florida.[1][2]
French Period Governors
| Name |
Years
|
| Rene Goulaine de Laudonniere
|
1564-1565
|
First Spanish Period Governors
| Name |
Years
|
| Pedro Menendez de Aviles
|
1565-1574
|
| Hernando de Miranda
|
1575-1577
|
| Pedro Menendez de Marquez
|
1577-1589
|
| Gutierre de Miranda
|
1589-1592
|
| Rodrigo de Junco
|
1592
|
| Domingo Martinez de Avendano
|
1594-1596
|
| Gonzalo Mendez de Canco
|
1596-1603
|
| Pedro de Ibarra
|
1603-1609
|
| Juan Fernandez de Olivera
|
1609-1613
|
| Juan Trevino de Guillarnas
|
1613-1618
|
| Juan de Salinas
|
1618-1624
|
| Luis de Rojas y Borja
|
1624-1630
|
| Andres Rodriguez de Villegas
|
1630-1633
|
| Luis de Horruytiner
|
1633-1639
|
| Damian de Vega Castro y Pardo
|
1639-1645
|
| Benito Ruiz de Salazar Ballecilla
|
1645-1646, 1647-1650
|
| Pedro Horruytiner Benedit
|
1646-1647, 1654-1655
|
| Nicolas Ponce de Leon
|
1650-1654
|
| Diego de Rebolledo
|
1655-1659
|
| Alonso de Aranguiz y Cortes
|
1659-1664
|
| Francisco de la Guerra y de la Vega
|
1664-1670
|
| Manuel de Cendoya
|
1670-1675
|
| Pablo de Hita y Salazar
|
1675-1680
|
| Juan Marquez Cabrera
|
1680-1687
|
| Diego de Quiroga y Losado
|
1687-1693
|
| Laureano Jose de Torres Ayala a Duadros Castellanos
|
1693-1699
|
| Jose de Zuniga y la Cerda
|
1699-1706
|
| Francisco de Corcoles y Martinez
|
1706-1716
|
| Pedro de Olivera y Fullana
|
1716
|
| Juan de Ayala Escobar
|
1716-1718
|
| Antonio de Benavides
|
1718-1734
|
| Francisco del Moral y Sanchez
|
1734-1737
|
| Manuel de Montiano
|
1737-1749
|
| Melchor de Navarrete
|
1749-1752
|
| Fulgencio Garcia de Solis
|
1752-1755
|
| Alonso Fernandez de Heredia
|
1755-1758
|
| Lucas Fernando de Palacio y Valenzuela
|
1758-1761
|
| Alonso de Cardenas
|
1761-1762
|
| Melchor Feliu
|
1762-1763
|
British Period
East Florida
| Name |
Years
|
| James Grant
|
1763-1771
|
| John Moultrie
|
1771-1774
|
| Patrick Tonyn
|
1774-1784
|
West Florida
| Name |
Years
|
| George Johnstone
|
1763-1767
|
| Montfort Browne
|
1767-1769
|
| John Eliot
|
1769
|
| Elias Durnford
|
1769-1770
|
| Peter Chester
|
1770-1781
|
Second Spanish Period Governors
East Florida
| Name |
Years
|
| Vicente Manuel de Zespedes Cespedes y Velasco
|
1784-1790
|
| Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada y Barnuevo
|
1790-1796
|
| Bartolome Morales
|
1796
|
| Enrique White
|
1796-1811
|
| Juan Jose de Estrada
|
1811-1812
|
| Sebastian Kindelan y Oregon
|
1812-1815
|
| Juan Jose de Estrada
|
1815-1816
|
| Jose Maria Coppinger
|
1816-1821
|
West Florida
| Name |
Years
|
| Arturo O’Neill y Tyrone
|
1781-1794
|
| Enrique White
|
1794-1796
|
| Francisco de Paula Gelabert
|
1796
|
| Vincente Folch y Juan
|
1796-1811
|
| Francisco San Maxent
|
1811-1812, 1816
|
| Mauricio de Zuniga
|
1812-1813, 1816
|
| Mateo Gonzalez Manrique
|
1813-1815
|
| Jose de Soto
|
1815-1816
|
| Jose Fascot
|
1816-1818
|
| William King
|
1818-1819
|
| Jose Maria Callava
|
1819-1821
|
Military Governors of Florida
Governors of Florida Territory
| Name |
Years
|
| William P. Duval
|
1822-1834
|
| John Eaton
|
1834-1836
|
| Richard K. Call
|
1836-1839, 1841-1844
|
| Robert R. Reid
|
1839-1841
|
| John Branch
|
1844-1845
|
State Governors of Florida
| Name |
Party |
Years
|
| William Dunn Moseley
|
Democrat
|
1845-1849
|
| Thomas Brown
|
Whig
|
1849-1853
|
| James Emilius Broome
|
Democrat
|
1853-1857
|
| Madison Starke Perry
|
Democrat
|
1857-1861
|
| John Milton
|
Democrat
|
1861-1865
|
| Abraham Kurkindolle Allison
|
Democrat
|
1865
|
| David Shelby Walker
|
Democrat
|
1865-1868
|
| Harrison Reed
|
Republican
|
1868-1873
|
| Ossian Bingley Hart
|
Republican
|
1873-1874
|
| Marcellus Lovejoy Stearns
|
Republican
|
1874-1877
|
| George Franklin Drew
|
Democrat
|
1877-1881
|
| William Dunnington Bloxham
|
Democrat
|
1881-1885, 1897-1901
|
| Edward Alysworth Perry
|
Democrat
|
1885-1889
|
| Francis Philip Fleming
|
Democrat
|
1889-1893
|
| Henry Laurens Mitchell
|
Democrat
|
1893-1897
|
| William Sherman Jennings
|
Democrat
|
1901-1905
|
| Napoleon Bonaparte Broward
|
Democrat
|
1905-1909
|
| Albert Waller Gilchrist
|
Democrat
|
1909-1913
|
| Park Trammell
|
Democrat
|
1913-1917
|
| Sidney Johnston Catts
|
Democrat/Prohibition
|
1917-1921
|
| Cary Augustus Hardee
|
Democrat
|
1921-1925
|
| John Wellborn Martin
|
Democrat
|
1925-1929
|
| Doyle Elam Carlton
|
Democrat
|
1929-1933
|
| David Sholtz
|
Democrat
|
1933-1937
|
| Frederick Preston Cone
|
Democrat
|
1937-1941
|
| Spessard Lindsay Holland
|
Democrat
|
1941-1945
|
| Millard Fillmore Caldwell, Jr.
|
Democrat
|
1945-1949
|
| Fuller Warren
|
Democrat
|
1949-1953
|
| Daniel Thomas McCarty
|
Democrat
|
1953
|
| Charley Eugene Johns
|
Democrat
|
1953-1955
|
| Thomas Leroy Collins
|
Democrat
|
1955-1961
|
| Cecil Farris Bryant
|
Democrat
|
1961-1965
|
| Haydon Burns
|
Democrat
|
1965-1967
|
| Claude Roy Kirk, Jr.
|
Democrat/Republican
|
1967-1971
|
| Reubin O'Donovan Askew
|
Democrat
|
1971-1979
|
| Daniel Robert "Bob" Graham
|
Democrat
|
1979-1987
|
| John Wayne Mixson
|
Democrat
|
1987 (3 days)
|
| Robert Martinez
|
Democrat/Republican
|
1987-1991
|
| Lawton Mainor Chiles, Jr.
|
Democrat
|
1991-1998
|
| Kenneth Hood "Buddy" MacKay, Jr.
|
Democrat
|
1998-1999
|
| John Ellis "Jeb" Bush
|
Republican
|
1999-2007
|
| Charles Joseph "Charlie" Crist
|
Republican/Independent
|
2007-2011
|
| Richard Lynn "Rick" Scott
|
Republican
|
2011-present
|
See also
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