The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Florida :
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: Conservative (C), Democratic (D), Independent (I), no party (N), Prohibition (P), Republican (R), and Whig (W).
Year
Executive offices
State Legislature
United States Congress
Electoral College votes
Governor
Lt. Governor
Sec. of State
Attorney General
Comptroller
Treasurer
Comm. of Ed.
Comm. of Ag.
State Senate
State House
U.S. Senator (Class I)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House
CFO
1845
William D. Moseley (D)
no such office
James T. Archer (D)
Joseph Branch
Nathanial P. Bemis
Benjamin Byrd
1846
Augustus Maxwell (D)
Hugh Archer
1847
Nathanial P. Bemis
Hugh Archer
1848
Augustus Maxwell (D)
James T. Archer (D)
Simon Towle
William R. Hayward
1849
Thomas Brown (W)
Charles W. Downing, Jr.
David P. Hogue
1850
1851
John Beard
1852
1853
James E. Broome (D)
Frederick L. Villepigue
Mariano D. Papy
1854
Theodore W. Brevard
James T. Archer (D)
1855
Theodore W. Brevard
1856
1857
Madison S. Perry (D)
1858
1859
1860
Robert C. Williams
1861
John Milton (D)
John B. Galbraith
1862
1863
Benjamin F. Allen
Walter Gwynn
1864
1865
Abraham K. Allison (D)
William Marvin (N)
1866
David S. Walker (C)
William W. J. Kelly (R)
John Beard
1867
1868
George J. Alden
Charles H. Austin
Harrison Reed (R)
William Henry Gleason (R)
Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs (R)
James Westcott, Jr. (D)
Robert H. Gamble
Simon B. Conover
1869
vacant
A. R. Meek
1870
Edmund C. Weeks (R)
Sherman Conant
1871
Samuel T. Day (R)
J.B.C. Drew
1872
H. Bisbee, Jr.
J.P.C. Emmons
1873
Ossian B. Hart (R)
Marcellus Stearns (R)
Samuel B. Mclin
William A. Cocke
Clayton Cowgill
Charles H. Foster
1874
Marcellus Sterns (R)
vacant
1875
1876
1877
George F. Drew (D)
Noble A. Hull (D)
William D. Bloxham (D)
George P. Raney (D)
Columbus Drew
Walter H. Gwynn (D)
1878
1879
1880
Frederick W. A. Rankin, Jr.
1881
William D. Bloxham (D)
L. W. Bethel
John Lovic Crawford
William D. Barnes
Henry A. L'Engle
1882
1883
1884
1885
Edward A. Perry (R)
Milton Mabry
C.M. Cooper
Edward S. Crill
1886
1887
1888
1889
Francis P. Fleming (D)
William Bailey Lamar (D)
Francis J. Pons
1890
William D. Bloxham (D)
1891
E. J. Triay
1892
1893
Henry L. Mitchell (D)
Clarence B. Collins
1894
1895
1896
1897
William D. Bloxham (D)
William H. Reynolds
James B. Whitfield (D)
1898
1899
1900
1901
William S. Jennings (D)
A. C. Croom
1902
Henry Clay Crawford (D)
1903
James B. Whitfield (D)
William V. Knott (D)
1904
W.H. Ellis
1905
Napoleon B. Broward (D)
1906
1907
1908
1909
Albert W. Gilchrist (D)
Park Trammell (D)
1910
1911
1912
William V. Knott (D)
J.C. Luning (D)
1913
Park Trammell (D)
Thomas F. West
1914
1915
1916
1917
Sidney Johnston Catts (P)
Van C. Swearingen
Ernest Amos
Park Trammell (D)
4D
1918
1919
1920
1921
Cary A. Hardee (D)
Rivers Buford
1922
1923
Nathan Mayo (D)
1924
1925
John W. Martin (D)
J.B. Johnson
1926
1927
Fred Henry Davis (D)
1928
William V. Knott (D)
1929
Doyle E. Carlton (D)
William Monroe Igou
1930
Robert Andrew Gray
1931
Cary D. Landis
1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) Y
1933
David Sholtz (D)
James Martin Lee
5D
1934
1935
1936
Scott Loftin (D)
William Luther Hill (D)
1937
Fred P. Cone (D)
Charles O. Andrews (D)
Claude Pepper (D)
1938
George Couper Gibbs
1939
1940
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D) Y
1941
Spessard Holland (D)
J. Thomas Watson (D)
J. Edwin Larson
1942
1943
6D
1944
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) Y
1945
Millard F. Caldwell (D)
1946
Clarence M. Gay
Spessard Holland (D)
1947
1948
Harry Truman and Alben Barkley (D) Y
1949
Fuller Warren (D)
Richard Ervin (D)
1950
1951
George Smathers (D)
1952
Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R) Y
1953
Daniel T. McCarty (D)
8D
Charley Eugene Johns (D)
1954
1955
LeRoy Collins (D)
Ray E. Green
7D, 1R
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
Lee Thompson (D)
Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) N
1961
C. Farris Bryant (D)
Thomas Burton Adams, Jr. (D)
Doyle Conner (D)
1962
1963
10D, 2R
1964
James W. Kynes (D)
Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) Y
1965
W. Haydon Burns (D)
Earl Faircloth (D)
Fred Otis Dickinson
Broward Williams
1966
1967
Claude R. Kirk, Jr. (R)
9D, 3R
1968
Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) Y
1969
Ray C. Osborn (R)
Edward J. Gurney (R)
1970
1971
Reubin Askew (D)
Thomas Burton Adams, Jr. (D)
Richard Stone (D)
Robert Shevin (D)
Lawton Chiles (D)
1972
1973
11D, 4R
1974
1975
J. H. Williams (D)
Bruce Smathers (D)
Gerald A. Lewis (D)
Philip F. Ashler
Richard Stone (D)
10D, 5R
1976
Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) Y
1977
1978
Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. (D)
1979
Bob Graham (D)
Wayne Mixson (D)
George Firestone (D)
James C. Smith (D)
Bill Gunter (D)
12D, 3R
1980
Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush (R) Y
1981
Paula Hawkins (R)
11D, 4R
1982
1983
13D, 6R
1984
1985
12D, 7R
1986
1987
Wayne Mixson (D)
vacant
James C. Smith (R)
Bob Butterworth (D)
Betty Castor (D)
Bob Graham (D)
1988
Bob Martinez (R)
Bobby Brantley (R)
George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) Y
1989
Tom Gallagher (R)
Connie Mack III (R)
11R, 8D
1990
1991
Lawton Chiles (D)
Buddy MacKay (D)
10R, 9D
1992
George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) N
1993
13R, 10D
1994
Douglas L. Jamerson (D)
1995
Sandra Mortham (R)
Bob Milligan (R)
Bill Nelson (D)
Frank Brogan (R)
Bob Crawford (D)
22R, 18D
63D, 57R
15R, 8D
1996
Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) Y
1997
1998
Buddy MacKay (D)
vacant
1999
Jeb Bush (R)
Frank Brogan (R)
Katherine Harris (R)
Tom Gallagher (R)
2000
George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) Y
2001
Tom Gallagher (R)
Charlie Crist (R)
Bill Nelson (D)
2002
Richard E. Doran
2003
Toni Jennings (R)
appointed position
Charlie Crist (R)
Tom Gallagher (R)
appointed position
Charles H. Bronson (R)
26R, 14D
81R, 39D
18R, 7D
2004
2005
84R, 36D
Mel Martinez (R)
2006
2007
Charlie Crist (R)
Jeff Kottkamp (R)
Bill McCollum (R)
Alex Sink (D)
16R, 9D
2008
26R, 14D
78R, 42D
Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) Y
2009
76R, 44D
15R, 10D
2010
Charlie Crist (I)
George LeMieux (R)
2011
Rick Scott (R)
Jennifer Carroll (R)
Pam Bondi (R)
Jeffrey Atwater (R)
Adam Putnam (R)
28R, 12D
81R, 39D
Marco Rubio (R)
19R, 6D
2012
2013
vacant
26R, 14D
76R, 44D
17R, 10D
2014
2015
Charlie Christ (D)
Alex Sink (D)
22R, 18D
63R, 57D
15R, 12D
Year
Governor
Lt. Governor
Sec. of State
Attorney General
Comptroller
Treasurer
Comm. of Ed.
Comm. of Ag.
State Senate
State House
U.S. Senator (Class I)
U.S. Senator (Class III)
U.S. House
Electoral College votes
CFO
Executive offices
State Legislature
United States Congress
Notes
Died in office; committed suicide due to the pending defeat of the Confederate States of America .
^ As president of state Senate, filled unexpired term.
Resigned from office to go into hiding from approaching Union troops.
Appointed by President Andrew Johnson following the American Civil War .
Appointed by Johnson during Reconstruction .
Was popularly elected; assumed office on June 8, 1868. It was not until July 4, 1868, however, that the military commander of Florida, still under Reconstruction, recognized the validity of the state constitution and the election.
^ Died in office.
^ As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
Initially appointed to fill vacancy; later elected in his own right.
Resigned in order to accept appointment to the Florida Supreme Court .
^ Appointed by governor to fill vacancy.
First lieutenant governor under the state constitution of 1968 and the state's first lieutenant governor since 1889. Appointed by Governor Claude R. Kirk, Jr.
Resigned in order to run for governor.
Resigned to take elected seat in the United States Senate .
Beginning in 2003, office was no longer elected but, rather, appointed.
See also
Category:Politics of Florida
Category:Government of Florida
Florida
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