Executive Branch of Florida
Federal Military Commissioner of Florida
Major General Andrew Jackson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1767; d. June 8 1845.
1821
Governor of Florida Territory
William Pope Duval
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1784; d. March 19 1854.
Non-Partisan
1822 – 1834
John Henry Eaton
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1790; d. November 17 1856.
Non-Partisan
1834 – 1836
John Branch, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1782; d. January 4 1863.
Non-Partisan
1844 – 1845
Governor of Florida
William Dunn Moseley
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1795; d. January 4 1863.
Democratic Party
1845 – 1849
Thomas LeRoy Collins
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1909; d. March 12 1991.
Democratic Party
1955 – 1961
Reubin O’Donovan Askew
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1928; d. March 13 2014.
Democratic Party
1971 – 1979
Lawton Mainor Chiles, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1930; d. December 12 1998.
Democratic Party
1991 – 1998
John Ellis “Jeb” Bush
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1953.
Republican Party
1999 – 2007
Ronald Dion “Ron” DeSantis
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1978.
Republican Party
2019 – present
Government of Florida
Secretary of State of Florida
Katherine Harris
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 5 1957.
Republican Party
1999 – 2002
Laurel Moore Lee
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1974.
Republican Party
2019 – 2022
Legislature of Florida
Florida Senate
President of the Florida Senate
Gwen Margolis
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 4 1934; d. June 9 2020.
Democratic Party
1990 – 1992
Minority Leader of the Florida Senate
Ronald Jason “Ron” Klein
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1957.
Democratic Party
2002 – 2004
Alfred James “Al” Lawson, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 23 1948.
Democratic Party
2008 – 2010
Florida State House of Representatives
Leadership of the Florida House of Representatives
Speakers of the Florida State House of Representatives
Name
Political Party
Dates in Office
Ralph H. Haben, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death:
Born November 25 1941. Died June 13 2026.
Democratic Party
1980 – 1982
Marco Antonio Rubio
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1971.
Republican Party
2006 – 2008
Majority Leader of the Florida House of Representatives
Adam Michael Hasner
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 25 1969.
Republican Party
2007 – 2010