In 1821, following the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819, Spain ceded its Florida
dependency to the U.S.
The region wwas organised as an U.S. Territory in 1822 and became a member-
state of the Union in 1845.
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STATE OFFICERS
Governors
1868 - 1873 Harrison Reed 1813 - 1899
1873 - 1874 Ossian Bingley Hart 1821 - 1874
1874 - 1877 Marcellus Lovejoy Stearns* 1839 - 1891
1877 - 1881 George Franklin Drew 1827 - 1900
1881 - 1885 William Dunnington Bloxham 1835 - 1911
1885 - 1889 Edward Alysworth Perry 1831 - 1889
1889 - 1893 Francis Philip Fleming 1841 - 1908
1893 - 1897 Henry Laurens Mitchell 1831 - 1903
1897 - 1901 William Dunnington Bloxham (2x)
1901 - 1905 William Sherman Jennings 1863 - 1920
1905 - 1909 Napoleon Bonaparte Broward 1857 - 1910
1909 - 1913 Albert Waller Gilchrist 1858 - 1926
1913 - 1917 Park Trammell 1876 - 1936
1917 - 1921 Sidney Johnston Catts 1863 - 1936
1921 - 1925 Cary Augustus Hardee 1876 - 1957
1925 - 1929 John Welborn Martin 1884 - 1958
1929 - 1933 Doyle Elam Carlton 1887 - 1972
1933 - 1937 David Sholtz 1891 - 1953
1937 - 1941 Frederick Preston Cone 1871 - 1948
1941 - 1945 Spessard Lindsey Holland 1892 - 1971
1945 - 1949 Millard Fillmore Caldwell Jr. 1897 - 1984
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