<P> Originally, the president of the state senate acted as governor should that office be vacant . The 1865 and 1868 constitutions created the office of lieutenant governor, who would similarly act as governor . This office was abolished in 1885, with the president of the senate again taking on that duty . The 1968 constitution recreated the office of lieutenant governor, who now becomes governor in the absence of the governor . The governor and lieutenant governor are elected on the same ticket . </P> <P> Florida was a strongly Democratic state before the Civil War, electing only candidates from the Whig party (the Democrat's chief opposition at the time). It elected three Republican governors following Reconstruction, but after the Democratic Party re-established control, 90 years passed before voters chose another Republican . </P> <Table> Governors of the State of Florida <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th_colspan="3"> Governor </Th> <Th> Term in office </Th> <Th> Party </Th> <Th> Election </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Lt. Governor </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> William Dunn Moseley </Th> <Td> June 25, 1845--October 1, 1849 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1845 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Office did not exist </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Thomas Brown </Th> <Td> October 1, 1849--October 3, 1853 </Td> <Td> Whig </Td> <Td> 1849 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> James E. Broome </Th> <Td> October 3, 1853--October 5, 1857 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1853 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Madison S. Perry </Th> <Td> October 5, 1857--October 7, 1861 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1857 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> John Milton </Th> <Td> October 7, 1861--April 1, 1865 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1861 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Abraham K. Allison </Th> <Td> April 1, 1865--May 19, 1865 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Th_colspan="2"> Vacant </Th> <Td> May 19, 1865--July 13, 1865 </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> William Marvin </Th> <Td> July 13, 1865--December 20, 1865 </Td> <Td> Provisional </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> David S. Walker </Th> <Td> December 20, 1865--July 4, 1868 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William W.J. Kelly </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Harrison Reed </Th> <Td> July 4, 1868--January 7, 1873 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1868 </Td> <Td> William Henry Gleason (removed December 14, 1868) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edmund C. Weeks (appointed January 24, 1870) (term ended December 27, 1870) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Samuel T. Day (took office December 27, 1870) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Ossian B. Hart </Th> <Td> January 7, 1873--March 18, 1874 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1872 </Td> <Td> Marcellus Stearns </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Marcellus Stearns </Th> <Td> March 18, 1874--January 2, 1877 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> George Franklin Drew </Th> <Td> January 2, 1877--January 4, 1881 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1876 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Noble A. Hull (resigned March 3, 1879) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> William D. Bloxham </Th> <Td> January 4, 1881--January 7, 1885 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1880 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Livingston W. Bethel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Edward A. Perry </Th> <Td> January 7, 1885--January 8, 1889 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1884 </Td> <Td> Milton H. Mabry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Francis P. Fleming </Th> <Td> January 8, 1889--January 3, 1893 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1888 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Office did not exist </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Henry L. Mitchell </Th> <Td> January 3, 1893--January 5, 1897 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1892 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> William D. Bloxham </Th> <Td> January 5, 1897--January 8, 1901 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1896 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> William Sherman Jennings </Th> <Td> January 8, 1901--January 3, 1905 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1900 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Napoleon B. Broward </Th> <Td> January 3, 1905--January 5, 1909 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1904 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Albert W. Gilchrist </Th> <Td> January 5, 1909--January 7, 1913 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1908 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Park Trammell </Th> <Td> January 7, 1913--January 2, 1917 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1912 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Sidney Johnston Catts </Th> <Td> January 2, 1917--January 4, 1921 </Td> <Td> Prohibition </Td> <Td> 1916 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Cary A. Hardee </Th> <Td> January 4, 1921--January 6, 1925 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1920 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> John W. Martin </Th> <Td> January 6, 1925--January 8, 1929 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1924 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Doyle E. Carlton </Th> <Td> January 8, 1929--January 3, 1933 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1928 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> David Sholtz </Th> <Td> January 3, 1933--January 5, 1937 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1932 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Fred P. Cone </Th> <Td> January 5, 1937--January 7, 1941 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1936 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Spessard Holland </Th> <Td> January 7, 1941--January 2, 1945 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1940 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 29 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Millard Caldwell </Th> <Td> January 2, 1945--January 4, 1949 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1944 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Fuller Warren </Th> <Td> January 4, 1949--January 6, 1953 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1948 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Daniel T. McCarty </Th> <Td> January 6, 1953--September 28, 1953 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1952 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Charley Eugene Johns </Th> <Td> September 28, 1953--January 4, 1955 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 33 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> LeRoy Collins </Th> <Td> January 4, 1955--January 3, 1961 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1956 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> C. Farris Bryant </Th> <Td> January 3, 1961--January 5, 1965 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1960 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 35 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> W. Haydon Burns </Th> <Td> January 5, 1965--January 3, 1967 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1964 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 36 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Claude R. Kirk Jr . </Th> <Td> January 3, 1967--January 5, 1971 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1966 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ray C. Osborne (office created January 7, 1969) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 37 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Reubin Askew </Th> <Td> January 5, 1971--January 2, 1979 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1970 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thomas Burton Adams Jr . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jim Williams </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Bob Graham </Th> <Td> January 2, 1979--January 3, 1987 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1978 </Td> <Td> Wayne Mixson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1982 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Wayne Mixson </Th> <Td> January 3, 1987--January 6, 1987 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 40 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Bob Martinez </Th> <Td> January 6, 1987--January 8, 1991 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1986 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bobby Brantley </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 41 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Lawton Chiles </Th> <Td> January 8, 1991--December 12, 1998 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1990 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Buddy MacKay </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1994 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 42 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Buddy MacKay </Th> <Td> December 12, 1998--January 5, 1999 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 43 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Jeb Bush </Th> <Td> January 5, 1999--January 2, 2007 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1998 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Frank Brogan (resigned March 3, 2003) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Toni Jennings </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 44 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Charlie Crist </Th> <Td> January 2, 2007--January 4, 2011 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> Jeff Kottkamp </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 45 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Rick Scott </Th> <Td> January 4, 2011--Present </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jennifer Carroll (resigned March 12, 2013) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Carlos López - Cantera (appointed February 3, 2014) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th_colspan="3"> Governor </Th> <Th> Term in office </Th> <Th> Party </Th> <Th> Election </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Lt. Governor </Th> </Tr>

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