List of governors of Florida

File:Ron DeSantis official photo.jpg

Ron DeSantis has been governor since January 8, 2019.

The governor of Florida is the head of government of the U.S. state of Florida. The governor is the head of the executive branch of the government of Florida and is the commander-in-chief of the Florida National Guard and Florida State Guard.

The current officeholder is Ron DeSantis, a member of the Republican Party who took office on January 8, 2019.

List of governors

Military governor

Template:For Spanish Florida was acquired from Spain in the Adams–Onís Treaty, which took effect July 10, 1821.<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> Parts of West Florida had already been assigned to Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi; the remainder and East Florida were governed by a military commissioner with the powers of governor until the territory was organized and incorporated.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

United States Commissioner and Governor of East and West Florida.<ref name="fl-jackson"/>

Template:Abbr	Commissioner		Term in office	Appointed by
1	File:Andrew Jackson 1819 by Rembrandt Peale (3x4 cropped).webp	Andrew Jackson Template:Small <ref name="fl-jackson">Template:Cite web</ref>	March 10, 1821 – December 31, 1821 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	James Monroe

Territory of Florida

Florida Territory was organized on March 30, 1822, combining East and West Florida.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Governors of the Territory of Florida

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1	File:2 Duval.jpg	William Pope Duval Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="fl-duval">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – April 17, 1834Template:Efn Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname
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2	File:John Eaton.jpg	John Eaton Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="fl-eaton">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – March 16, 1836 Template:Small	Template:Sortname
3	File:Richard Keith Call (3x4 cropped).jpg	Richard K. Call Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="fl-call">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – December 2, 1839Template:Efn Template:Small	Template:Sortname
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4	File:Robert Raymond Reid.jpg	Robert R. Reid Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="fl-reid">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – March 19, 1841 Template:Small	Template:Sortname
5	File:Richard Keith Call (3x4 cropped).jpg	Richard K. Call Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="fl-call" />	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – August 11, 1844 Template:Small	Template:Sortname
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6	File:John Branch.jpg	John Branch Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="fl-branch">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – June 25, 1845 Template:Small	Template:Sortname

State of Florida

The State of Florida was admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845. It seceded from the Union on January 10, 1861,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and joined the Confederate States of America on February 8, 1861,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> as a founding member. Following the end of the American Civil War, it was part of the Third Military District.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Florida was readmitted to the Union on June 25, 1868.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Florida Constitution of 1838 provided that a governor be elected every 4 years, who was not allowed to serve consecutive terms.<ref>1838 Const. art III, § 2</ref> The secessionist constitution of 1861 would have reduced this to two years and removed the term limit,<ref>1861 Const. art. III, § 2</ref> but the state fell to the Union before the first election under that constitution. The rejected constitution of 1865 and the ratified constitution of 1868 maintained the four-year term,<ref>1865 Const. art. III, § 2</ref><ref>1868 Const. art. V, § 2</ref> though without the earlier term limit, which was reintroduced in the 1885 constitution.<ref name="1885art4sec2">1885 Const. art. IV, § 2</ref> The current constitution of 1968 states that should the governor serve, or would have served had he not resigned, more than six years in two consecutive terms, he cannot be elected to the succeeding term.<ref name="constart4sec5">FL Const. art. IV, § 5</ref> The start of a term was set in 1885 at the first Tuesday after the first Monday in the January following the election,<ref name="1885art4sec2" /> where it has remained.<ref>FL Const. art. IV, § 2</ref>

Originally, the president of the state senate acted as governor should that office be vacant.<ref>1838 Const. art III, § 18</ref> The 1865 and 1868 constitutions created the office of lieutenant governor,<ref name="1865const-a3-s19">1865 Const. art. III, § 19</ref><ref>1868 Const. art. V, § 15</ref> who would similarly act as governor. This office was abolished in 1885, with the president of the senate again taking on that duty.<ref name="1885const-a4-s19">1885 Const. art. IV, § 19</ref> The 1968 constitution recreated the office of lieutenant governor, who now becomes governor in the absence of the governor.<ref name="const-a4-s3">FL Const. art. IV, § 3</ref> The governor and lieutenant governor are elected on the same ticket.<ref name="constart4sec5" />

Florida was a strongly Democratic state before the Civil War, electing only one candidate from the Whig Party (the Democrats' chief opposition at the time).<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> It elected three Republican governors following Reconstruction, but after the Democratic Party re-established control, 90 years passed before voters chose another Republican. Since 1998, it has been a strongly Republican state.

Governors of the State of Florida

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1	File:8 Moseley.jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	William Dunn Moseley Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-moseley">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-moseley">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – October 1, 1849 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1845	Office did not exist
2	File:Florida Governor Thomas Brown.jpg	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Thomas Brown Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-brown">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-brown">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – October 3, 1853 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	WhigTemplate:Sfn	1848
3	File:Florida Governor James E. Broome.jpg	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	James E. Broome Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-broome">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-broome">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – October 5, 1857 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1852
4	File:Florida Governor Madison S. Perry.jpg	Madison S. Perry Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-perry-madison">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-perry-madison">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – October 7, 1861 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1856
5	File:John Milton Florida.jpg	John Milton Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-milton">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-milton">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – April 1, 1865 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1860
6	File:Florida Governor Abraham K. Allison (cropped).jpg	Abraham K. Allison Template:Small <ref name="nga-allison">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-allison">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – May 19, 1865 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
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7	File:Florida Governor William Marvin.jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	William Marvin Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-marvin">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-marvin">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 20, 1865 Template:Small	Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
8	File:Florida Governor David S. Walker.jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	David S. Walker Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-walker">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-walker">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – July 4, 1868 Template:Small	ConservativeTemplate:Sfn	1865	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
9	File:Governor Harrison Reed of Florida.jpg	rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Harrison Reed Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-reed">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-reed">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – January 7, 1873 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1868	Template:Sortname Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
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10	File:Florida Governor Ossian B. Hart (3x4 cropped).jpg	Ossian B. Hart Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hart">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-hart">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Sfn – March 18, 1874 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1872	Template:Sortname
11	File:Florida Governor Marcellus Stearns.png	Marcellus Stearns Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-stearns">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-stearns">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 2, 1877 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Acting as governor
12	File:Florida Governor George Franklin Drew.jpg	rowspan="11" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	George Franklin Drew Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-drew">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-drew">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 4, 1881 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1876	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname Template:Small
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13	File:Florida Governor William Bloxham (3x4 cropped).jpg	William D. Bloxham Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bloxham">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-bloxham">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 6, 1885 Template:Small<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1880	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
14	File:Florida Governor Edward A. Perry (3x4 cropped).jpg	Edward A. Perry Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-perry-edward">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-perry-edward">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 8, 1889 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1884	Template:Sortname
15	File:FPFleming (3x4 cropped).jpg	Francis P. Fleming Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-fleming">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-fleming">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 3, 1893 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1888	Office did not exist
16	File:Henry L Mitchell (3x4 cropped).jpg	Henry L. Mitchell Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mitchell">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-mitchell">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 5, 1897 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1892
17	File:Florida Governor William Bloxham (3x4 cropped).jpg	William D. Bloxham Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bloxham" /><ref name="fl-bloxham-2">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 8, 1901 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1896
18	File:William Sherman Jennings (3x4 cropped).jpg	William Sherman Jennings Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-jennings">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-jennings">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 3, 1905 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1900
19	File:N.B. Broward, cameo portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg	Napoleon B. Broward Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-broward">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-broward">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 5, 1909 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1904
20	File:Florida Governor Albert W. Gilchrist (3x4 cropped).jpg	Albert W. Gilchrist Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-gilchrist">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-gilchrist">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 7, 1913 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1908
21	File:Park Trammell (3x4 cropped).jpg	Park Trammell Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-trammell">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-trammell">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 2, 1917 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1912
22	File:Sidney Johnston Catts in 1916 (cropped).jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Sidney Johnston Catts Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-catts">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-catts">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 4, 1921 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	ProhibitionTemplate:Sfn			1916
23	File:Cary Hardee portrait.jpg	rowspan="14" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Cary A. Hardee Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hardee">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-hardee">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 6, 1925 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn			1920
24	File:Florida Governor John Martin.jpg	John W. Martin Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-martin">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-martin">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 8, 1929 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1924
25	File:Doyle E. Carlton (3x4 cropped).jpg	Doyle E. Carlton Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-carlton">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-carlton">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 3, 1933 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1928
26	File:David Sholtz.jpg	David Sholtz Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-sholtz">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-sholtz">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 5, 1937 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1932
27	File:Florida Governor Frederick Cone (3x4 cropped).jpg	Fred P. Cone Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-cone">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-cone">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 7, 1941 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1936
28	File:Sen Spessard Holland (3x4 cropped).jpg	Spessard Holland Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-holland">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-holland">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 2, 1945 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1940
29	File:Millard F. Caldwell (3x4 cropped).jpg	Millard Caldwell Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-caldwell">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-caldwell">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 4, 1949 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1944
30	File:37 Warren (3x4 cropped).jpg	Fuller Warren Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-warren">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-warren">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 6, 1953 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1948
31	File:Daniel T. McCarty (3x4 cropped).jpg	Daniel T. McCarty Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mccarty">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-mccarty">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – September 28, 1953 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1952
32	File:Charley Eugene Johns 1963 (3x4 cropped).jpg	Charley Eugene Johns Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-johns">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-johns">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 4, 1955 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
33	File:LeRoy Collins sl148 (3x4 cropped).jpg	LeRoy Collins Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-collins">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-collins">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 3, 1961 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1954 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
					1956
34	File:C. Farris Bryant (3x4 cropped).jpg	C. Farris Bryant Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bryant">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-bryant">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 5, 1965 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1960
35	File:W Haydon Burns (3x4 cropped).jpg	W. Haydon Burns Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-burns">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-burns">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 3, 1967 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1964Template:Efn
36	File:Governor Claude R Kirk (3x4 cropped).jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Claude R. Kirk Jr. Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-kirk">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-kirk">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 5, 1971 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn			1966
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37	File:Governor Reubin Askew.jpg	rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Reubin Askew Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-askew">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-askew">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 2, 1979 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1970	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
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38	File:Bob Graham, official Senate photo portrait, color (3x4 cropped).jpg	Bob Graham Template:Small <ref name="nga-graham">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-graham">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 3, 1987 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="fl-graham" />	1978	Template:Sortname
					1982
39	File:Official Portrait of Wayne Mixson (3x4 cropped).jpg	Wayne Mixson Template:Small <ref name="fl-mixson">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 6, 1987 Template:Small	Democratic<ref name="fl-mixson" />	Template:Small	Vacant
40	File:Portrait of Gov. Bob Martinez (3x4 cropped).jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Bob Martinez Template:Small <ref name="nga-martinez">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-martinez">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 8, 1991 Template:Small	Republican<ref name="fl-martinez" />	1986	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
41	File:Lawton Chiles Governor portrait (cropped).jpg	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Lawton Chiles Template:Small <ref name="nga-chiles">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-chiles">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 12, 1998 Template:Small	Democratic<ref name="fl-chiles" />	1990	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
		1994
42	File:Buddy MacKay portrait.jpg	Buddy MacKay Template:Small <ref name="nga-mackay">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-mackay">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 5, 1999 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="fl-mackay" />	Template:Small	Vacant
43	File:Jeb Bush 1999 (cropped).jpg	rowspan="12" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Jeb Bush Template:Small <ref name="nga-bush">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-bush">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 2, 2007 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="fl-bush" />	1998	rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname Template:Small
		2002
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44	File:Charlie Crist official portrait crop.jpg	Charlie Crist Template:Small <ref name="nga-crist">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="fl-crist">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 4, 2011 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Efn	2006	Template:Sortname
45	File:Governor Rick Scott 2013 (3x4 cropped).jpg	Rick Scott Template:Small <ref name="nga-scott">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 7, 2019Template:Efn Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-scott" />	2010	Template:Sortname Template:Small
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46	File:Ron DeSantis official photo (cropped).jpg	Ron DeSantis Template:Small <ref name="nga-desantis">Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – IncumbentTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-desantis" />	2018	Template:Sortname Template:Small
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Acting governor

Florida has had a number of people serve as acting governor. The state's first three constitutions provided that the succession in office became operative whenever the governor was out of the state. Thus, in 1853 when Governor Thomas Brown attended an event in Boston—the Senate president who would normally succeed the governor at the time was also out of state. Therefore, the speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, A.K. Allison, became acting governor on September 16, 1853. He served for 17 days.<ref>Allen Morris & Joan Perry Morris, "The Florida Handbook" 2007-2008.</ref>

Article IV Section 3 (b) of the Florida Constitution now calls for the lieutenant governor to "act as Governor" during the governor's physical or mental incapacity. This provision has been invoked one time. On June 18, 2008, Governor Charlie Crist filed a proclamation with the secretary of state transferring power of governor to Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp pursuant to the constitutional provision while he underwent knee surgery.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

See also

• Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Florida
• List of Florida state legislatures

References

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External links

• Office of the Governor of Florida