List of presidents of the Florida Senate
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This is a list of presidents of the Florida Senate. In Florida, the president of the Senate is elected by the Senate membership to a two-year term. They appoint committees and their chairs and route bills to the committees.[1] They also co-ordinate with the chair of the Committee on Rules and Calendar on the ordering of bills on the calendar.[2] From 1865 to 1887, the lieutenant governor was the president of the Senate.[3]
- 1845 James A. Berthelot
- 1846 D. H. Mays
- 1847 Daniel G. McLean
- 1848 Erasmus Darwin Tracy
- 1850 Robert J. Floyd
- 1854 Hamlin Valentine Snell
- 1856 Philip Dell
- 1858 John Finlayson
- 1860 Thomas Jefferson Eppes
- 1861 Thomas Jefferson Eppes
- 1862 Enoch J. Vann
- 1863 Enoch J. Vann
- 1864 Abraham K. Allison
- Office held by Lieutenant Governor ex officio from 1865 until 1887
- 1889 Joseph B. Wall
- 1891 Jefferson B. Browne
- 1893 William H. Reynolds
- 1895 Frederick T. Myers
- 1897 Charles J. Perrenot
- 1899 Frank Adams
- 1901 Thomas Palmer
- 1903 Frank Adams
- 1905 Park M. Trammell
- 1907 W. Hunt Harris
- 1909 Frederick M. Hudson
- 1911 Frederick Preston Cone
- 1913 Herbert J. Drane
- 1915 Charles E. Davis
- 1917 J. B. Johnson
- 1919 James E. Calkins
- 1921 William A. MacWilliams
- 1923 Theodore Tiffany Turnbull
- 1925 John Stansel Taylor
- 1927 Samuel W.Anderson
- 1929 Jesse J. Parrish, citrus businessman[4]
- 1931 Patrick C. Whitaker
- 1933 Truman G. Futch
- 1935 William C. Hodges
- 1937 D. Stuart Gillis
- 1939 J. Turner Butler
- 1941 John R. Beacham
- 1943 Philip D. Beall Sr., his son also got into politics[5]
- 1945 Walter W. Rose
- 1947 Scott Dilworth Clarke
- 1949 Newman Collins Brackin, owned a drugstore[6]
- 1951 Wallace E. Sturgis
- 1953 Charley E. Johns
- 1955 W. Turner Davis
- 1957 William A. Shands
- 1959 Dewey M. Johnson
- 1961 W. Randolph Hodges
- 1962–1963 F. Wilson Carraway
- 1965 James E. Connor
- 1966–1968 Verle A. Pope
- 1969–1970 John E. Mathews Jr.
- 1971–1972 Jerry Thomas
- 1973–1974 Mallory E. Horne
- 1975–1976 Dempsey J. Barron
- 1977–1978 Lew Brantley
- 1979–1980 Philip D. Lewis
- 1981–1982 Wyon D. Childers
- 1983–1984 N. Curtis Peterson Jr., a Democrat[7]
- 1985–1986 Harry A. Johnston, II
- 1987–1988 John W. Vogt
- 1989–1990 Robert B. Crawford
- 1991–1992 Gwen Margolis
- 1992–1993 Ander Crenshaw
- 1993–1994 Pat Thomas
- 1995–1996 James A. Scott
- 1997–1998 Toni Jennings
- 1999–2000 Toni Jennings
- November 2000–November 2002 John M. McKay
- November 2002–November 2004 Jim King, Republican
- November 16, 2004 – November 21, 2006 Tom Lee, Republican
- November 2006–November 2008 Ken Pruitt, Republican
- November 2008–November 2010 Jeffrey Atwater, Republican
- November 2010–November 2012 Mike Haridopolos, Republican
- November 20, 2012 – November 18, 2014 Don Gaetz, Republican
- November 18, 2014 – November 22, 2016 Andy Gardiner, Republican
- November 22, 2016 – November 20, 2018 Joe Negron, Republican
- November 20, 2018 – November 17, 2020 Bill Galvano, Republican
- November 17, 2020 – November 22, 2022 Wilton Simpson, Republican
- November 22, 2022 – November 19, 2024 Kathleen Passidomo of Naples, Republican
- November 19, 2024 – present Ben Albritton, Republican
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Morris, Allen and Joan Perry Morris, compilers. The Florida Handbook 2007-2008 31st Biennial Edition. pp 173. Peninsula Publishing. Tallahassee. 2007. ISBN 978-0-9765846-1-2 Softcover ISBN 978-0-9765846-2-9 Hardcover
- ^ Morris, Allen and Joan Perry Morris, compilers. The Florida Handbook 2007-2008 31st Biennial Edition. pp 164. Peninsula Publishing. Tallahassee. 2007. ISBN 978-0-9765846-1-2 Softcover ISBN 978-0-9765846-2-9 Hardcover
- ^ Morris, Allen and Joan Perry Morris, compilers. The Florida Handbook 2007-2008 31st Biennial Edition. pp 169. Peninsula Publishing. Tallahassee. 2007. ISBN 978-0-9765846-1-2 Softcover ISBN 978-0-9765846-2-9 Hardcover
- ^ "Jesse J. Parrish".
- ^ Philip D. Beall Jr.
- ^ "Obituary for Newman Collin Brackin (Aged 61)". Pensacola News Journal. 9 July 1969. p. 19.
- ^ "Former Senate president Peterson dies in surgery".
- ^ Morris, Allen and Joan Perry Morris, compilers. The Florida Handbook 2007-2008 31st Biennial Edition. pp 169-170. Peninsula Publishing. Tallahassee. 2007. ISBN 978-0-9765846-1-2 Softcover ISBN 978-0-9765846-2-9 Hardcover
- ^ "The People of Lawmaking in Florida 1822-2019" (PDF). Florida House of Representatives. February 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2022.