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: None

First Lady: Mary C. Davis Bloxham

Florida Cabinet

Secretary of State:

John L. Crawford (1881-1902)

Comptroller:

William H. Reynolds (1897-1901)

Treasurer:

Clarence B. Collins (1893-1897)
James B. Whitfield (1897-1903)

Commissioner of Immigration:

Lucius B. Wombwell (1888-1900)

Attorney General:

William B. Lamar (1889-1903)

Supt. of Public Instruction:

William N. Sheats (1893-1905)

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 578 Correspondence, 1881, 1897-1901
• 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

Published Materials:

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

Related Links:

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