The Political Graveyard: Florida: Governors

The Political
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Florida: Governors

Governors of Florida, 1845-2007 (May be incomplete!)
William D. Moseley 1845-49 Thomas Brown 1849-53 James E. Broome 1853-57 Madison S. Perry 1857-61 John Milton 1861-65 Abraham K. Allison 1865 William Marvin 1865 David S. Walker 1865-68 Harrison Reed 1868-73 Ossian B. Hart 1873-74 Marcellus L. Stearns 1874-77 George F. Drew 1877-81 William D. Bloxham 1881-85 Edward A. Perry 1885-89 Francis P. Fleming 1889-93 Henry L. Mitchell 1893-97 William D. Bloxham 1897-1901 W. S. Jennings 1901-05 Napoleon B. Broward 1905-09 Albert W. Gilchrist 1909-13 Park Trammell 1913-17 Sidney J. Catts 1917-21 Cary A. Hardee 1921-25 John W. Martin 1925-29 Doyle E. Carlton 1929-33 David Sholtz 1933-37 Fred P. Cone 1937-41 Spessard L. Holland 1941-45 Millard F. Caldwell, Jr. 1945-49 Fuller Warren 1949-53 Daniel Thomas McCarty 1953 Charley Eugene Johns 1953-55 LeRoy Collins 1955-61 C. Farris Bryant 1961-65 Haydon Burns 1965-67 Claude R. Kirk, Jr. 1967-71 Reubin Askew 1971-79 Bob Graham 1979-87 J. Wayne Mixson 1987 Robert Martinez 1987-91 Lawton Chiles 1991-98 Buddy Mackay, Jr. 1998-99 Jeb Bush 1999-2007

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1845 Jul 15: William D. Moseley (Dem), elected; Richard K. Call (Whig), defeated.

1848: Thomas Brown (Whig), elected; William Bailey (Dem), defeated.

1852: James E. Broome (Dem), elected; George T. Ward (Whig), defeated.

1856: Madison S. Perry (Dem), elected; David S. Walker (American), defeated.

1860: John Milton (Dem), elected; Edward Hopkins (Constitutional Union), defeated.

1865: David S. Walker (Conservative Democrat), elected unopposed.

1865 Apr 1: John Milton, died in office.

1868: Harrison Reed (Rep), elected; George W. Scott (Dem), defeated; Samuel Walker (Radical Republican), defeated.

1872: Ossian B. Hart (Rep), elected; William D. Bloxham (Dem), defeated.

1874 Mar 18: Ossian B. Hart, died in office.

1876: George F. Drew (Dem), elected; Marcellus L. Stearns (Rep), defeated.

1880: William D. Bloxham (Dem), elected; Simon Barclay Conover (Rep), defeated.

1900: William Hall Milton, defeated.

1912: William Hall Milton, defeated.

1932: John W. Martin (Dem), defeated in primary.

1944: R. A. 'Lex' Green, defeated for nomination; Bert L. Acker (Rep), defeated.

1948: Daniel Thomas McCarty (Dem), defeated in primary.

1948: Bert L. Acker (Rep), defeated.

1953 Sep 28: Daniel Thomas McCarty, died in office.

1954: Charley Eugene Johns, defeated.

1986: Harry Johnston (Dem), defeated in primary.

1986: Tom Gallagher (Rep), defeated.

1990: Bill Nelson (Dem), defeated in primary.

1990 Nov 6: Lawton Chiles (Dem), elected; Robert Martinez (Rep), defeated.

1994 Nov 8: Jeb Bush (Rep), defeated; Lawton Chiles (Dem), elected.

1998 Nov 3: Jeb Bush (Rep), elected; Buddy Mackay, Jr. (Dem), defeated.

1998 Dec 12: Lawton Chiles, died in office.

2002: Janet Reno (Dem), defeated in primary.

2002: Jeb Bush (Rep), elected.

2006: Jim Davis (Dem), defeated.

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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