List of presidents of the Florida Senate explained

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
• 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

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See also

• Florida Democratic Party
• List of Florida state legislatures

Notes and References

1. Morris, Allen and Joan Perry Morris, compilers. The Florida Handbook 2007-2008 31st Biennial Edition. pp 173. Peninsula Publishing. Tallahassee. 2007. Softcover Hardcover
2. Morris, Allen and Joan Perry Morris, compilers. The Florida Handbook 2007-2008 31st Biennial Edition. pp 164. Peninsula Publishing. Tallahassee. 2007. Softcover Hardcover
3. Morris, Allen and Joan Perry Morris, compilers. The Florida Handbook 2007-2008 31st Biennial Edition. pp 169. Peninsula Publishing. Tallahassee. 2007. Softcover Hardcover
4. https://floridacitrushalloffame.com/inductees/jesse-j-parrish/
5. Philip D. Beall Jr.
6. https://www.newspapers.com/article/pensacola-news-journal-obituary-for-newm/48141079/
7. https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1996/07/21/former-senate-president-peterson-dies-in-surgery/
8. Morris, Allen and Joan Perry Morris, compilers. The Florida Handbook 2007-2008 31st Biennial Edition. pp 169-170. Peninsula Publishing. Tallahassee. 2007. Softcover Hardcover
9. Web site: February 2019. The People of Lawmaking in Florida 1822-2019. February 22, 2022. Florida House of Representatives.