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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. They also co-ordinate with
the chair
of the
Committee on Rules
and Calendar on the ordering of bills on the calendar. From 1865 to 1887, the
lieutenant governor
was the president of the Senate.
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 P. Cone
1911 T. A. Jennings
1913 Herbert J. Drane
1913 Ion L. Farris
1915 Charles E. Davis
1915 Cary A. Hardee
1917 J. 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
2016-2018
Joe Negron
2018-present
Bill Galvano