A Guide to Florida Governors and the Florida Cabinet

William D. Bloxham

Thirteenth governor: January 4, 1881 to January 7, 1885

Seventeenth governor: January 5, 1897 to January 8, 1901

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Lt. Governor: L.W. Bethel (1881-1885)

First Lady: Mary C. Davis Bloxham

Florida Cabinet

Secretary of State:

F. W. Rankin (1880-1881)
John L. Crawford (1881-1902)

Comptroller:

Columbus Drew (1877-1881)
William D. Barnes (1881-1890)

Treasurer:

Walter H. Gwynn (1877-1881)
Henry A. L’Engle (1881-1885)

Commissioner of Immigration:

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Attorney General:

George P. Raney (1877-1885)

Adjutant General:

John J. Dickison (1877- 18??)

Supt. of Public Instruction:

Eleazer K. Foster (1881-1884)
Albert Jonathan Russell (1884-1893)

Surveyor General:

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Florida Photographic Collection:

• Images related to William D. Bloxham.
  • Search Bloxham, William Dunnington, 1835-1911 in the Florida Photographic Collection.

Collections at the State Archives of Florida:

• RG 101 Territorial and State Governors (1820-1929)
  • S 32 Territorial and State Governors letterbooks, 1836-1909
  • S 577 State governors' incoming correspondence, 1857-1888
• RG 690 State Board of Pardons
  • S 158 Pardon, commutation, and remission decrees, 1869-1909
• RG 940 Joint Legislative Committees
  • S 654 Testimony of witnesses appearing before the Commission for the Investigation of the Acts and Doings of the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund, 1907
• RG 900000 Manuscripts
  • M77-157 Papers, 1896-1911
  • M77-165 Financial papers, 1875-1878
  • M92-1 Call family and Brevard family papers, 1788- 1925

Published Materials:

• Carson, Ruby. “William Dunnington Bloxham: Florida’s Two-Term Governor.’ MA Thesis: University of Florida, 1945.

• Johnson, Kenneth. “The Administration of William Dunning Bloxham, 1881-1885.” MA Thesis: Florida State University, 1959.

Related Links:

• William D. Bloxham, Florida Governors' Portraits, Museum of Florida History.