Robert J. Floyd (died 1860) was a lawyer who served as a state legislator in Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate representing Franklin County, Florida. He also served as President of the Florida Senate.[1]
He was the son of Appalachicola pioneer settler Gabriel Floyd. In 1845 he chaired a Florida House committee determining rules for circuit judgeship appointments.[2] In 1847 he issued a statement of protest to a taxation bill that passed in the state senate.[3]
A wealthy man, he owned St. Vincent Island. He served as Collector of Customs in Appalachicola in the late 1850s.[4]
His only son, Gabriel Floyd, died in the American Civil War.[5]