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unusual facts about governor of Florida



Bascom N. Timmons

Oddly, like the late Governor Claude R. Kirk, Jr., of Florida, Timmons himself once sought to run for vice president, but the position is now selected by the presidential nominee of a political party.

Boston House

The McCarty family, whose most famous member was Dan McCarty, the thirty-first governor of Florida, bought the house in 1949 but didn't live in it.

Clay Ford

On February 27, 2007, he was elected to the Florida House to succeed Holly Benson, who had been appointed to head the Department of Business and Professional Regulation by then Governor Charlie Crist.

Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff

She ran for the Florida Senate in a special election in March of 1998 to replace Ken Jenne, who had resigned his seat in the Senate when Governor Lawton Chiles appointed him as Broward County Sheriff, but lost to Steven Geller, a State Representative and the Democratic nominee.

Eugene K. Garfield

He served as the primary advisor to the Governor of Florida and the Florida Department of Transportation on the development of a high speed rail system in Florida.

Eugene Patterson

He even called the Governor of Florida, Bob Graham, at 2 A.M., with a personal appeal to commute the sentence.

Floyd T. Christian

Christian was appointed state Superintendent of Public Instruction, by Governor W. Haydon Burns in 1965 and served until 1973.

Gerald Stano

In 1995, Crow was removed from office by a grand jury appointed by Florida Governor Lawton Chiles, citing corruption.

Pam Iorio

On January 28, 2010, when Iorio welcomed U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, Governor of Florida Charlie Crist, and Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, all of whom came to the University of Tampa for a national "Town Hall Meeting" to announce federal funding for Florida High Speed Rail and other projects.

Rays Ballpark

Gov. Charlie Crist had announced that he would be interested in doing whatever he could to help the project reach fruition.

Stephen H. Grimes

Florida Governor Bob Martinez appointed Grimes to the Florida Supreme Court on January 30, 1987.

The Party's Over: How the Extreme Right Hijacked the GOP and I Became a Democrat

The book is a ‘tell-all’ autobiography about how Crist left the Republican Party following his time as the Governor of Florida.

Trevor Colbourn

In 1978, Governor Reubin Askew approved the change of name from Florida Technological University to the University of Central Florida.

United States House of Representatives election in Florida, 1852

The election to the United States House of Representatives in Florida for the 33rd Congress was held October 5, 1852 at the same time as the election for Governor.

United States House of Representatives election in Florida, 1860

The election to the United States House of Representatives in Florida for the 37th Congress was held October 1, 1860 at the same time as the election for Governor.

United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1900

Elections to the United States House of Representatives in Florida for two seats in the 57th Congress were held November 6, 1900, at the same time as the election for President and the election for Governor.

United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1904

Elections to the United States House of Representatives in Florida for three seats in the 59th Congress were held November 8, 1904, alongside the election for President and the election for Governor.

United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1908

Elections to the United States House of Representatives for Florida's three House seats in the 61st Congress were held November 3, 1908 alongside the election for President and the election for Governor.

United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1912

Elections for four seats in the United States House of Representatives in Florida for the 63rd Congress were held November 5, 1912, at the same time as the election for President and the election for Governor.


see also

Fred Cone

Fred P. Cone (1871–1948), 27th Governor of Florida (Frederick Preston)

Governor Bush

Jeb Bush (born 1953), 43rd Governor of Florida (1999-2007)

Prime Minister of Spain

This sometimes causes confusion since it is the usual term for the head of state in a republic; former governor of Florida Jeb Bush once mistakenly referred to incumbent José María Aznar as the "President of the Republic of Spain".