Government
Florida's State Capitol is in Tallahassee, the capital since 1824.Florida is governed under its sixth constitution, adopted in 1968 and effective in 1969. The legislature consists of a Senate of 40 members elected for four years and a House of Representatives of 120 elected for two years.
The governor is elected for a four-year term. Other state officials, all elected for four-year terms, are the lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, comptroller, treasurer and commissioner of insurance, commissioner of education, and commissioner of agriculture.
The Supreme Court consists of seven justices elected for six years. There are 67 counties. Florida sends 2 senators and 25 representatives to Congress.
| Governors of Florida | |||
| Name | Party | Term | |
| William D. Moseley | Democratic | 1845-1849 | |
| Thomas Brown | Whig | 1849-1853 | |
| James E. Broome | Democratic | 1853-1857 | |
| Madison S. Perry | Democratic | 1857-1861 | |
| John Milton | Democratic | 1861-1865 | |
| Abraham K. Allison | Democratic | 1865 | |
| William Marvin | None | 1865 | |
| David S. Walker | Conservative | 1865-1868 | |
| Harrison Reed | Republican | 1868-1873 | |
| Ossian B. Hart | Republican | 1873-1874 | |
| Marcellus L. Stearns | Republican | 1874-1877 | |
| George F. Drew | Democratic | 1877-1881 | |
| William D. Bloxham | Democratic | 1881-1885 | |
| Edward A. Perry | Democratic | 1885-1889 | |
| Francis P. Fleming | Democratic | 1889-1893 | |
| Henry L. Mitchell | Democratic | 1893-1897 | |
| William D. Bloxham | Democratic | 1897-1901 | |
| William S. Jennings | Democratic | 1901-1905 | |
| Napoleon B. Broward | Democratic | 1905-1909 | |
| Albert W. Gilchrist | Democratic | 1909-1913 | |
| Park Trammell | Democratic | 1913-1917 | |
| Sidney J. Catts | Prohibition | 1917-1921 | |
| Cary A. Hardee | Democratic | 1921-1925 | |
| John W. Martin | Democratic | 1925-1929 | |
| Doyle E. Carlton | Democratic | 1929-1933 | |
| David Sholtz | Democratic | 1933-1937 | |
| Fred P. Cone | Democratic | 1937-1941 | |
| Spessard L. Holland | Democratic | 1941-1945 | |
| Millard F. Caldwell | Democratic | 1945-1949 | |
| Fuller Warren | Democratic | 1949-1953 | |
| Daniel T. McCarty | Democratic | 1953 | |
| Charley E. Johns | Democratic | 1953-1955 | |
| LeRoy Collins | Democratic | 1955-1961 | |
| C. Farris Bryant | Democratic | 1961-1965 | |
| W. Haydon Burns | Democratic | 1965-1967 | |
| Claude R. Kirk, Jr. | Republican | 1967-1971 | |
| Reubin O'D. Askew | Democratic | 1971-1979 | |
| Bob Graham | Democratic | 1979-1987 | |
| Wayne Mixson | Democratic | 1987 | |
| Bob Martinez | Republican | 1987-1991 | |
| Lawton Chiles | Democratic | 1991-1998 | |
| Buddy MacKay | Democratic | 1998-1999 | |
| Jeb Bush | Republican | 1999-2007 | |
| Charlie Crist | Republican | 2007- | |
