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Capital: Tallahassee
State Nickname: Sunshine State
State Bird: Mockingbird
State Flower: Orange Blossom
Admitted to the Union: March 3, 1845
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| Governors |
June 25, 1845 to October 1, 1849:
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William D. Moseley
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October 1, 1849 to October 3, 1853:
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Thomas Brown
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October 3, 1853 to October 5, 1857:
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James E. Broome
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October 5, 1857 to October 7, 1861:
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Madison S. Perry
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October 7, 1861 to April 1, 1865:
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John Milton*
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(*Died April 1, 1865 -- no governor appointed until July 13, 1865)
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July 13, 1865 to December 20, 1865:
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William Marvin
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December 20, 1865 to July 9, 1868:
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David S. Walker
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July 9, 1868 to January 7, 1873:
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Harrison Reed
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January 7, 1873 to March 16, 1874:
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Ossian B. Hart
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March 16, 1874 to January 2, 1877:
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Marcellus L. Stearns
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January 2, 1877 to January 4, 1881:
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George F. Drew
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January 4, 1881 to January 6, 1885:
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William D. Bloxham
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January 6, 1885 to January 8, 1889:
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Edward A. Perry
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January 8, 1889 to January 3, 1892:
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Francis P. Fleming
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January 3, 1893 to January 5, 1897:
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Henry L. Mitcnell
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January 5, 1897 to January 8, 1901:
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William D. Bloxham
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January 8, 1901 to January 3, 1905:
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William S. Jennings
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January 3, 1905 to January 5, 1909:
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Napeolean B. Broward
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January 5, 1909 to January 7, 1913:
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Albert W. Gilchrist
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January 7, 1913 to January 2, 1917:
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Park Trammell
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January 2, 1917 to January 4, 1921:
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Sidney J. Catts
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January 4, 1921 to January 6, 1925:
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Cary A. Hardee
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January 6, 1925 to January 8, 1929:
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John W. Martin
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January 8, 1929 to January 3, 1933:
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Doyle E. Carlton
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January 3, 1933 to January 5, 1937:
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David Sholtz
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January 5, 1937 to January 7, 1941:
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Frederick P. Cone
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January 7, 1941 to January 2, 1945:
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Spessard L. Holland
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January 2, 1945 to January 4, 1949:
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Millard F. Caldwell
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January 4, 1949 To January 6, 1953:
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Fuller Warren
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January 6, 1953 to September 28, 1953:
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Daniel T. McCarty
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September 18, 1953 to January 4, 1955:
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Charley E. Johns
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January 4, 1955 to January 3, 1961:
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LeRoy Collins
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January 3, 1961 to January 5, 1965:
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Farris Bryant
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January 5, 1965 to January 3, 1967:
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Haydon Burns
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January 3, 1967 to January 5, 1971:
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Claude R. Krik, Jr.
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January 5, 1971 to January 6, 1979:
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Ruebin Askew
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January 2, 1979 to January 3, 1987:
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Robert Graham
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January 3, 1987 to January 6, 1987:
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John W. Mixon
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January 6, 1987 to January 8, 1991:
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Bob Martinez
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January 8, 1991 to December 12, 1998
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Lawton Chiles
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December 12, 1998 January 5, 1999
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Kenneth H. MacKay, Jr.
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January 5, 1999 January 2, 2007
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John Ellis Bush
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January 2, 2007
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Charles Joseph Crist, Jr.
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| Senators - Class I |
July 1, 1845 March 3, 1851
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David Levy Yulee
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March 4, 1851 January 21, 1861
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Stephen Russell Mallory
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January 22, 1861 July 1, 1868
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Vacant
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July 2, 1868 March 3, 1869
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Adonijah Strong Welch
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March 4, 1869 March 3, 1875
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Abijah Gilbert
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March 4, 1875 March 3, 1887
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Charles William Jones * Died in office
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May 19, 1887 March 3, 1899
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Samuel Pasco
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March 4, 1899 March 3, 1911
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James Piper Taliaferro
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March 4, 1911 March 3, 1917
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Nathan Philemon Bryan
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March 4, 1917 May 8, 1936
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Park Trammell * Died in office
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May 26, 1936 November 3, 1936
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Scott Marion Loftin
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November 4, 1936 September 18, 1946
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Charles Oscar Andrews * Died in office
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September 25, 1946 January 2, 1971
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Spessard Lindsey Holland
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January 3, 1971 January 3, 1989
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Lawton Mainor Chiles, Jr.
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January 3, 1989 January 3, 2001
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Connie Mack III
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January 3, 2001
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Clarence William Nelson
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| Senators - Class III |
July 1, 1845 March 3, 1849
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James Westcott
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March 4, 1849 March 3, 1855
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Jackson Morton
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March 4, 1855 January 21, 1861
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David Levy Yulee
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January 22, 1861 June 24, 1868
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Vacant
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June 25, 1868 March 3, 1873
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Thomas Ward Osborn
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March 4, 1873 March 3, 1879
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Simon Barclay Conover
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March 4, 1879 March 3, 1897
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Wilkinson Call
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May 15, 1897 December 23, 1907
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Stephen Russell Mallory II * Died in office
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December 26, 1907 March 22, 1908
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William James Bryan
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March 27, 1908 March 3, 1909
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William Hall Milton
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March 4, 1909 June 17, 1936)
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Duncan Upshaw Fletcher
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July 1, 1936 November 3, 1936
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William Luther Hill
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November 4, 1936 January 3, 1951
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Claude Denson Pepper
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January 3, 1951 January 3, 1969
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George Armistead Smathers
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January 3, 1969 December 31, 1974
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Edward John Gurney
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January 1, 1975 December 31, 1980
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Richard Bernard Stone
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January 1, 1981 January 3, 1987
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Paula Hawkins
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January 3, 1987 January 3, 2005
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Daniel Robert Graham
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January 3, 2005
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Melquνades Rafael Martνnez
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| State Song |
Swanee River
(Old Folks at Home)
Lyrics by Stephen C. Foster |
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Way down upon de Swanee Ribber,
Far, far away,
Dere's wha my heart is turning ebber,
Dere's wha de old folks stay.
All up and down de whole creation
Sadly I roam,
Still longing for de old plantation,
And for de old folks at home.
Chorus
All de world am sad and dreary,
Eb-rywhere I roam;
Oh, darkeys, how my heart grows weary,
Far from de old folks at home!
Second Verse
All round de little farm I wandered
When I was young,
Den many happy days I squandered,
Many de songs I sung.
When I was playing wid my brudder
Happy was I;
Oh, take me to my kind old mudder!
Dere let me live and die.
Third Verse
One little hut among de bushes,
One dat I love
Still sadly to my memory rushes,
No matter where I rove.
When will I see de bees a-humming
All round de comb?
When will I hear de banjo strumming,
Down in my good old home? | |
Swanee River was adopted as the official state song in 1913. |
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State Population
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1840: 54,477 |
1850: 87,445 |
1860: 140,424 |
1870: 187,748 |
1880: 269,493 |
1890: 391,422 |
1900: 528,542 |
1910: 752,619 |
1920: 968,470 |
1930: 1,468,211 |
1940: 1,897,414 |
1950: 2,771,305 |
1960: 4,950,560 |
1970: 6,791,418 |
1980: 9,262,078 |
1990: 12,937,926 |
2000: 15,982,820 |
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State Capitol Building 1907
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