Florida Comptroller


The Florida Comptroller was the state comptroller of Florida from 1845 to 2003. The Comptroller was a member of the Florida Cabinet and was elected by the Florida Legislature until 1865, when it became an elected office.
The Comptroller was Florida's chief fiscal officer. The post was created in the 1838 Constitution and the first Comptroller took office in 1845 and assumed the duties of the Auditor of Public Accounts of Florida Territory.
The Comptroller initially was in charge of the Comptroller's Office, whose duties where transferred to the Department of Banking and Finance in 1969.

List of Comptrollers

#NameTerm of ServicePolitical Party
1Nathaniel P. Bemis1845Democratic
2Hugh Archer1845–1847Whig
3Nathaniel P. Bemis1847Democratic
4Hugh Archer1847Whig
5Simon Towle1847–1851Whig
6John Beard1851–1854Democratic
7Theodorus W. Brevard1854Democratic
8James T. Archer1854–1855Democratic
9Theodorus W. Brevard1855–1860Democratic
10Robert C. Williams1860–1863Democratic
11Walter Gwynn1863–1866Democratic
12John Beard1866–1868Democratic
13Robert H. Gamble1868–1873Democratic
14Clayton Cowgill1873–1877Republican
15Columbus Drew1877–1881Democratic
16William D. Barnes1881–1890Democratic
17William D. Bloxham1890–1897Democratic
18William H. Reynolds1897–1901Democratic
19A. C. Croom1901–1912Democratic
20William V. Knott1912–1917Democratic
21Ernest Amos1917–1933Democratic
22J. M. Lee1933–1946Democratic
23Clarence M. Gay1946–1955Democratic
24Ray E. Green1955–1965Democratic
25Fred Otis Dickinson1965–1975Democratic
26Gerald A. Lewis1975–1995Democratic
27Robert F. Milligan1995–2003Republican