List of presidents of the Florida Senate
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
- 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 P. Cone
- 1911 T. A. Jennings
- 1913 Herbert J. Drane
- 1913 Ion L. Farris
- 1915 Charles E. Davis
- 1915 Cary A. Hardee
- 1917 John B. Johnson
- 1917 Cary A. Hardee
- 1919 James E. Calkins
- 1921 William A. MacWilliams
- 1921 Frank E. Jennings
- 1923 Theo. T. Turnbull
- 1923 L. D. Edge
- 1925 John Stansel Taylor
- 1925 A. Y. Milam
- 1927 Samuel W.Anderson
- 1927 Fred H. Davis
- 1929 Jesse J. Parrish
- 1929 Samuel W. Getzen
- 1931 Patrick C. Whitaker
- 1931 E. Clay Lewis, Jr.
- 1933 Truman G. Futch
- 1933 Peter Tomasello, Jr.
- 1935 William C. Hodges
- 1935 W. B. Bishop
- 1937 D. Stuart Gillis
- 1937 W. McL. Christie
- 1939 J. Turner Butler
- 1939 G. Pierce Wood
- 1941 John R. Beacham
- 1941 Dan McCarty
- 1943 Philip D. Beall
- 1943 Richard H. Simpson
- 1945 Walter W. Rose
- 1945 Evans Crary
- 1947 Scott Dilworth Clarke
- 1947 Thomas D. Beasley
- 1949 Perry E. Murray
- 1951 Wallace E. Sturgis
- 1951 Elmer B. Elliott
- 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
- 1974 Louis A. de la Parte, Jr.
- 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.
- 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
- 2001–2002 John M. McKay
- 2003–2004 Jim King
- 2005–2006 Tom Lee
- 2007–2008 Ken Pruitt
- 2009–2010 Jeffrey Atwater
- 2011–2012 Mike Haridopolos
- 2013–2014 Don Gaetz
- 2014–2016 Andy Gardiner
- 2016-present Joe Negron
See also
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
2009: Robert C. Byrd