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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
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. , 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-present
Kathleen Passidomo of Naples, Republican
[8]
[9]
See also
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