Territorial and State Governors letterbooks, 1836-1909.

Reid, Robert Raymond, 1789-1841

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Robert Reid was born in Prince William Parish, S.C., on September 8, 1789. He was educated in Augusta, Ga., and practiced law there. Reid began public service at age 27 as a judge and later served Georgia in the U.S. Congress. In May 1832, he was appointed U.S. Judge of East Florida by President Andrew Jackson. President Martin Van Buren appointed Reid governor of Florida in December 1839. Reid presided at the convention that drafted Florida's first constitution and advocated a vigorous prosecut...

Stearns, Marcellus Lovejoy, 1839-1891

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Florida. Governor (1853-1857 : Broome)

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James Emilius Broome was born in Hamburg, South Carolina in 1808. After receiving a limited education, he moved to Tallahassee, Florida in 1837. He was in the mercantile business and the owner of one of the largest plantations in Florida. Broome was appointed Judge of Probate Court of Leon County, Florida Territory in 1843 and remained in office after Florida became a state, resigning in 1848. As a Democrat, Broome was elected Governor in 1852. During his administration,...

Bloxham, William Dunnington, 1835-1911

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William Dunnington Bloxham was born in Leon County, Florida on July 9, 1835. He attended William and Mary College, graduating in 1855 with a law degree. In 1860 Bloxham was elected as a member of the State Legislature. He entered the Army shortly afterwards and became Captain of a Leon County Company, but never saw active service. In 1870 he ran for, and was elected to, the vacated post of Lieutenant Governor, but the State Canvassing Board ruled his election invalid. He served as a...

Florida. Governor (1844-1845 : Branch)

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Florida. Governor (1840-1841 : Reid)

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Drew, George Franklin, 1827-1900.

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Florida. Governor (1873-1874 : Hart)

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Mitchell, Henry Laurens, 1831-1903

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Hart, Ossian Bingley, -1874

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Florida. Governor (1849-1853 : Brown)

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Thomas Brown was born on October 24, 1785 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. During the War of 1812, Brown served in the United States Army. He was in the mercantile business in Alexandria, Virginia and later was Chief Clerk in the Post Office in Richmond, Virginia. He was elected to the Virginia Legislature in 1827. Brown moved to Tallahassee, Florida in 1828 and was elected to the Florida Legislature in 1845. As a Whig, Brown was elected Governor of Florida on October 2...

Milton, Abby Crawford

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Brown, Thomas, 1785-1867

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Thomas Brown (1785-1867) held various offices in Territorial Florida. After statehood he was elected governor and served from 1848-1853. From the description of Governor Thomas Brown's letter 1853. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 40118757 From the description of Thomas Brown diary of trip to England 1820. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 39972559 From the description of Letters of Governor Thomas Brown of Florida 1852-1881. (Florida St...

Florida. Governor (1836-1839 : Call)

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Duval, Thomas H. b. 1813.

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Florida. Governor (1845-1849 : Moseley)

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William Dunn Moseley was born on February 1, 1795 in Lenior County, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1818. He practiced law at Wilmington, North Carolina. Moseley was elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1829, and served until 1836. He was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor in North Carolina in 1834. Moseley bought a plantation on Lake Miccosukee in Jefferson County, Florida in 1835. H...

Branch, John, 1782-1863

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Secretary of the Navy. From the description of Letter signed : "Navy Department," to Samuel Hambleton, U.S.N. purser in Baltimore, 1829 June 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270134739 U.S. senator and governor of North Carolina. From the description of John Branch papers, 1830-1850. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451282 ...

Call, R. K. 1791-1862.

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Florida. Governor (1857-1861 : Perry)

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Attorney, General, C.S.A., Governor. Edward Perry attended Yale University, but left in 1852 before receiving a degree; taught school and studied law in Georgia and Alabama; and was admitted to the bar in Montgomery, Ala. in 1857. He moved to Pensacola where he practiced law and held various local offices. He entered the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the war as the Captain of the Pensacola Rifle Rangers. In May 1862 Perry was made Colonel of the Second ...

Broome, James E. (James Emilius), 1808-1883

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Moseley, William Dunn, 1795-1863

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Gilchrist, Albert Waller, 1858-1926

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Albert W. Gilchrist was born in Greenwood, South Carolina on January 15, 1858, the son of General William E. and Rhoda Elizabeth (Waller) Gilchrist. After attending Carolina Military Institute and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, he became a Brigadier General in the Florida militia. He joined the regular army in 1898 at the outbreak of the Spanish American War and served until 1899 when he left the military and returned to his political career in Florida. Gilchri...

Florida. Governor (1881-1885 : Bloxham)

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William Dunnington Bloxham was born in Leon County, Florida on July 9, 1835. He attended William and Mary College graduating in 1855 with a law degree. In 1860 Bloxham was elected as a member of the State Legislature. He entered the Army shortly afterwards and became Captain of a Leon County Company, but never saw active service. In 1870 he ran for, and was elected to, the vacated post of Lieutenant Governor, but the State Canvassing Board ruled his election invalid. He served as a ...

Florida. Governor (1836-1839 : Call)

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Broward, Napoleon Bonaparte, 1857-1910

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Napoleon Bonaparte Broward was born in Duval County, Florida, in 1857. Throughout his young life he worked in various positions on farms, in logging camps, and on steamboats. As the owner of a steam tug, The Three Friends, he earned a reputation smuggling guns to Cuban revolutionaries prior to the Spanish-American War. Broward held various public positions, serving as sheriff of Duval County, on the Jacksonville city council, in the Florida House of Representatives (1901), and on the State Board...

Florida. Governor (1874-1877 : Stearns)

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Fleming, Francis P. (Francis Philip), 1841-1908

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Francis Philip Fleming (1841-1908), native of Florida, was a Confederate Army lieutenant, lawyer, and governor of Florida, 1889-1893. From the guide to the Francis P. Fleming Letter, ., 13 May 1904, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Businessman, Colonel. From the description of Papers, 1871-1949, bulk 1871-1895. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 49963153 Governor, lawyer. ...

Allison, Abraham Kurkindolle, 1810-1893.

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Florida. Governor

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The series covers the terms of early twentieth century Governors Albert W. Gilchrist (1909-1913); Park Trammell (1913-1917); Sidney J. Catts (1917-1921); Sidney J. Catts (1917-1921); Cary A. Hardee (1921-1925), and John W. Martin (1925-1929). From the description of State Governors correspondence, 1909-1925. (Florida State Archive). WorldCat record id: 32414194 In 1821, Florida became a territory of the United States and, as such, had its governors appointed by the President...

Perry, Edward Aylsworth, 1831-1889.

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Florida. Governor (1877-1881 : Drew)

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Florida. Governor (1865 : Allison)

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Florida. Governor (1889-1893 : Fleming)

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Florida. Office of the Adjutant General.

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Jennings, William Sherman, 1863-1920

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Lawyer, state legislator, and governor of Florida. Born in Ilinois; attended Southern Illinois Normal University. Read law with his uncle and attended Union Law School in Illinois. Moved to Brooksville, Florida, in 1885 to establish his law practice. Served in the Florida House of Representatives, 1892-1895, as governor, 1901-1905, and as general counsel for the Trustees of Internal Improvement Fund, 1905-1909, the agency administering public lands in Florida. ...

Florida. Governor (1861-1865 : Milton)

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Governor, Lawyer, Congressman. John Milton was born near Louisville, Ga., on April 20, 1807. A descendant of the English poet John Milton, he practiced law, first in a number of Georgia and Alabama communities and later in New Orleans. Before coming to Florida in 1846, Milton allegedly killed an adversary in a duel. After entering Florida politics, Milton became a statewide force in the Democratic party, serving as a presidential elector in 1848 and as a member of the 18...