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
no such office
no such office
unknown
unknown
David Levy Yulee
James Westcott
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
Stephen Mallory
1852
1853
James E. Broome (D)
Frederick L. Villepigue
Mariano D. Papy
Vacant
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)[ 1]
John B. Galbraith
Vacant
1862
1863
Benjamin F. Allen
Walter Gwynn
1864
1865
Abraham K. Allison (D)[ 2] [ 3]
William Marvin (N)[ 4]
1866
David S. Walker (C)[ 5]
William W. J. Kelly (R)
John Beard
21N
47N
1867
1868
George J. Alden
Charles H. Austin
Harrison Reed (R)[ 6]
William Henry Gleason (R)
Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs (R)
James Westcott, Jr. (D)
Robert H. Gamble
Simon B. Conover
Adonijah Welch
1869
vacant
A. R. Meek
16R, 8D
37R, 15D
1870
Edmund C. Weeks (R)
Sherman Conant
1871
Samuel T. Day (R)
J.B.C. Drew
11R, 10D[ 7]
23R, 20D[ 8]
1872
H. Bisbee, Jr.
J.P.C. Emmons
1873
Ossian B. Hart (R)[ 9]
Marcellus Stearns (R)
Samuel B. Mclin
William A. Cocke
Clayton Cowgill
Charles H. Foster
13R, 11D
29R, 23D
1874
Marcellus Sterns (R)[ 10]
vacant
1875
12D, 12R
28D, 24R
1876
1877
George F. Drew (D)
Noble A. Hull (D)
William D. Bloxham (D)
George P. Raney (D)
Columbus Drew
Walter H. Gwynn (D)
15D, 9R
31D, 21R
1878
1879
25D, 7R
46D, 28R, 1I, 1 tied
1880
Frederick W. A. Rankin, Jr.
1881
William D. Bloxham (D)
L. W. Bethel
John Lovic Crawford [ 9]
William D. Barnes
Henry A. L'Engle
27D, 5R
58D, 18R
1882
1883
17D, 9I, 6R
34D, 27R, 15I[ 11]
1884
1885
Edward A. Perry (R)
Milton Mabry
C.M. Cooper
Edward S. Crill
17D, 8I, 7R
48D, 25R, 3I
1886
1887
24D, 5R, 3I
55D, 13R, 8I
1888
1889
Francis P. Fleming (D)
William Bailey Lamar (D)
Francis J. Pons
27D, 5R
58D, 9R, 9I
1890
William D. Bloxham (D)
1891
E. J. Triay
31D, 1R
76D
1892
1893
Henry L. Mitchell (D)
Clarence B. Collins
1894
1895
31D, 1P
74D, 1R, 1I
1896
1897
William D. Bloxham (D)
William H. Reynolds
James B. Whitfield (D)
63D, 3R, 2I
1898
1899
32D
68D
1900
1901
William S. Jennings (D)
A. C. Croom
1902
Henry Clay Crawford (D)[ 12]
1903
James B. Whitfield (D)
William V. Knott (D)
67D, 1R
1904
W.H. Ellis
1905
Napoleon B. Broward (D)
68D
1906
1907
67D, 1 Soc.
1908
1909
Albert W. Gilchrist (D)
Park Trammell (D)
1910
1911
68D
1912
William V. Knott (D)
J.C. Luning (D)
1913
Park Trammell (D)
Thomas F. West
71D
1914
1915
73D
1916
1917
Sidney Johnston Catts (P)
Van C. Swearingen
Ernest Amos
74D, 1R
Park Trammell (D)
4D
1918
1919
77D
1920
1921
Cary A. Hardee (D)
Rivers Buford
1922
1923
Nathan Mayo (D)
1924
1925
John W. Martin (D)
J.B. Johnson
84D
1926
87D[ 13]
1927
Fred Henry Davis (D)
95D
1928
William V. Knott (D)
1929
Doyle E. Carlton (D)
William Monroe Igou
37D, 1R
93D, 2R
1930
Robert Andrew Gray
1931
Cary D. Landis
38D
95D
1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) Y
1933
David Sholtz (D)
James Martin Lee
94D, 1R
5D
1934
1935
95D
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
94D, 1R
1948
Harry Truman and Alben Barkley (D) Y
1949
Fuller Warren (D)
Richard Ervin (D)[ 14]
95D
1950
1951
92D, 3R
George Smathers (D)
1952
Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R) Y
1953
Daniel T. McCarty (D)[ 9]
37D, 1R
90D, 5R
8D
Charley Eugene Johns (D)[ 2]
1954
1955
LeRoy Collins (D)
Ray E. Green
89D, 6R
7D, 1R
1956
1957
1958
1959
92D, 3R
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)
88D, 7R
1962
1963
41D, 2R[ 15]
109D, 16R[ 16]
10D, 2R
1964
James W. Kynes (D)[ 17]
Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) Y
1965
W. Haydon Burns (D)
Earl Faircloth (D)
Fred Otis Dickinson
Broward Williams
102D, 10R
1966
1967
Claude R. Kirk, Jr. (R)
28D, 20R[ 18]
80D, 39R[ 19]
9D, 3R
1968
Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) Y
1969
Ray C. Osborn (R)[ 20]
32D, 16R
77D, 42R
Edward J. Gurney (R)
1970
1971
Reubin Askew (D)
Thomas Burton Adams, Jr. (D)
Richard Stone (D)
Robert Shevin (D)
33D, 15R
81D, 38R
Lawton Chiles (D)
1972
1973
25D, 14R, 1I
77D, 43R
11D, 4R
1974
1975
J. H. Williams (D)
Bruce Smathers (D)[ 21]
Gerald A. Lewis (D)
Philip F. Ashler
27D, 12R, 1I
86D, 34R
Richard Stone (D)
10D, 5R
1976
Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) Y
1977
30D, 9R, 1I
92D, 28R
1978
Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. (D)[ 17]
1979
Bob Graham (D)[ 22]
Wayne Mixson (D)
George Firestone (D)
James C. Smith (D)
Bill Gunter (D)
29D, 11R
89D, 31R
12D, 3R
1980
Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush (R) Y
1981
27D, 13R
81D, 39R
Paula Hawkins (R)
11D, 4R
1982
1983
32D, 8R
84D, 36R
13D, 6R
1984
1985
31D, 9R
77D, 43R
12D, 7R
1986
30D, 10R[ 23]
1987
Wayne Mixson (D)[ 10]
vacant
James C. Smith (R)
Bob Butterworth (D)
Betty Castor (D)
25D, 15R
73D, 47R
Bob Graham (D)
Bob Martinez (R)
Bobby Brantley (R)
1988
George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) Y
1989
Tom Gallagher (R)
23D, 17R
70D, 50R
Connie Mack III (R)
11R, 8D
1990
1991
Lawton Chiles (D)[ 9]
Buddy MacKay (D)
74D, 46R
10R, 9D
1992
22D, 18R
George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) N
1993
20D, 20R[ 24]
71D, 49R
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
61R, 59D
1998
66R, 54D[ 25]
1999
Buddy MacKay (D)[ 10]
vacant
Katherine Harris (R)
Tom Gallagher (R)
23R, 17D
73R, 47D
Jeb Bush (R)
Frank Brogan (R)
2000
George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) Y
2001
Tom Gallagher (R)
Charlie Crist (R)
Charles H. Bronson (R)
25R, 15D
77R, 43D
Bill Nelson (D)
2002
Richard E. Doran
2003
Toni Jennings (R)
appointed position [ 26]
Charlie Crist (R)
Tom Gallagher (R)
appointed position
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)
78R, 42D
16R, 9D
2008
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
26R, 14D
76R, 44D
17R, 10D
75R, 45D
2014
Carlos López-Cantera (R)
2015
81R, 39D
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 .
^ a b 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.
^ The Legislature rejected the returns from three Senate districts; had they been admitted, the Senate would have been tied 12-12.
^ The Legislature rejected the returns from nine House districts; had they been admitted, the House would have had a 28-23 Democrat majority with 1 Independent.
^ a b c d Died in office.
^ a b c As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
^ Though not winning enough seats to form an outright majority, the Democrats received enough votes to claim the Speakership and organize the House.
^ Initially appointed to fill vacancy; later elected in his own right.
^ Three counties were added to the state in 1925 after the Legislature started, adding three seats to the House mid-term.
^ Resigned in order to accept appointment to the Florida Supreme Court .
^ Due to the effects of Baker vs. Carr, the 1962 midterms were thrown out by a court, and a redistricting was conducted with new elections thereafter. The original results for the Senate yielded a 37-1 Democrat majority.
^ Due to the effects of Baker vs. Carr, the 1962 midterms were thrown out by a court, and a redistricting was conducted with new elections thereafter. The original results for the House yielded a 90-5 Democrat majority.
^ a b Appointed by governor to fill vacancy.
^ Due to additional efforts to satisfy "one man, one vote"-style redistricting failing, the 1966 midterms were thrown out by a court, and a redistricting by the judiciary was conducted with new elections thereafter. The original results for the Senate yielded a 37-11 Democrat majority.
^ Due to additional efforts to satisfy "one man, one vote"-style redistricting failing, the 1966 midterms were thrown out by a court, and a redistricting by the judiciary was conducted with new elections thereafter. The original results for the House yielded a 91-26 Democrat majority.
^ 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 .
^ Republican Ander Crenshaw won a special election to a vacant seat, flipping the seat from the Democrats to the Republicans.
^ Due to the split chamber, the Republicans and the Democrats worked out a deal where the GOP received the Senate Presidency in 1993, and the Democrats received it in 1994.
^ Several members switched parties in between the 1996 and 1998 elections.
^ Beginning in 2003, office was no longer elected but, rather, appointed.
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