List of governors of Florida

The governor of Florida is the head of state and government of the U.S. state of Florida and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has the power to enforce state laws and the duty to either approve or veto bills passed by the Florida Legislature or the Florida Senate to assemble the legislature and grant pardons, except in cases of impeachment.

Governor of Florida
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Incumbent
Ron DeSantis
since January 8, 2019
Style
  • Governor
    (formal)
  • The Honorable
    (formal)
  • His Excellency
    (diplomatic)
TypeHead of state
Head of government
Member ofFlorida Executive Branch
Florida Cabinet
ResidenceFlorida Governor's Mansion
SeatTallahassee, Florida
AppointerPopular vote
Term lengthFour years, renewable once
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Florida
Inaugural holderWilliam D. Moseley
FormationJune 25, 1845
(177 years ago)
DeputyLieutenant Governor of Florida
Salary$130,273 (annually)
Websitewww.flgov.com

History

Florida had been a French and then a Spanish colony. It came under British control and then returned to Spanish control again after the American Revolution. It had many and multiple governors during these colonial periods of tim. The British divided the state into East Florida and West Florida, each with its own head of state.

There were also five military governors during the colonial period time such as, William P. Duval, John Eaton, Richard K. Call, Robert R. Reid, and John Branch.

List of governors of Florida
  1. William Dunn Moseley
  2. Thomas Brown
  3. James Broome
  4. Madison Perry
  5. John Milton
  6. Abraham Allison
  7. William Marvin
  8. David Shelby Walker
  9. Harrison Reed
  10. Ossian Hart
  11. Marcellus Stearns
  12. George Franklin Drew
  13. William Bloxham
  14. Edward Aylsworth Perry
  15. Francis Philip Fleming
  16. Henry Mitchell
  17. William Bloxham
  18. William Sherman Jennings
  19. Napoleon Broward
  20. Albert Waller Gilchrist
  21. Park Trammell
  22. Sidney Johnston Catts
  23. Cary Hardee
  24. John Wellborn Martin
  25. Doyle Elam Carlton
  26. David Sholtz
  27. Frederick Preston Cone
  28. Spessard Lindsey Holland
  29. Millard Fillmore Caldwell
  30. Fuller Warren
  31. Daniel Thomas McCarty
  32. Charley Eugene Johns
  33. Thomas LeRoy Collins
  34. Cecil Farris Bryant
  35. William Haydon Burns
  36. Claude Roy Kirk
  37. Reubin Askew
  38. Daniel Robert Graham
  39. John Mixson
  40. Bob Martinez
  41. Lawton Mainor Chiles
  42. Kenneth Hood MacKay
  43. John Ellis Bush
  44. Charlie Crist
  45. Rick Scott
  46. Ron DeSantis

List of living former governors of Florida

Line of succession

The Florida gubernatorial line of succession is the order in which the lieutenant governor of Florida and other officers of the state government assume the powers and duties as the official head of state and government of Florida, upon the governor's death, resignation, removal from office, or incapacity.

• Lieutenant Governor of Florida

• Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives

• Attorney General of Florida

• Chief Financial Officer of Florida

• Florida Commissioner of Agriculture

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