A Guide to Florida Governors and the Florida Cabinet

Farris Bryant

Thirty-fourth governor: January 3, 1961 to January 5, 1965

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Lt. Governor: None

First Lady: Julia Burnett Bryant

Florida Cabinet

Secretary of State:

Tom Adams (1961-1971)

Comptroller:

Ray E. Green (1955-1965)

Treasurer:

J. Edwin Larson (1941-1965)

Commissioner of Agriculture:

Doyle Conner (1961-1991)

Attorney General:

Richard W. Ervin (1949-1964)
James W. Kynes (1964-1965)

Supt. of Public Instruction:

Thomas D. Bailey (1949-1965)

Florida Photographic Collection:

• Images related to Farris Bryant.
  • Search Bryant, Farris (Cecil Farris), 1914-2002 in the Florida Photographic Collection.

Video:

• Video
  Gov. Farris Bryant Addresses Senate Commerce Cmte
  Gov. Bryant in Washington addresses the Senate Commerce Committee concerning Senate Bill 1732 on rights and interstate busing.

Collections at the State Archives of Florida:

• RG 102 Governors (1929-1971)
  • S 756 Correspondence, 1961-1965
  • S 468 Florida State Turnpike Authority correspondence, 1960-1963

Other Repositories:

• Papers, P.K. Yonge Library for Florida History, University of Florida.
• Interview, Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, University of Florida.
• Interviews FP64 & FP65

Published Materials:

• Bryant, Farris. The Governoment and Politics of Florida. Gainesville, Florida: Florida Book Store, 1957.
• Farris Bryant [video recording]. Florida Public Broadcasting (1992).
  (Available at the State Library of Florida).

Related Links:

• Farris Bryant, Florida Governors' Portraits, Museum of Florida History.
• Farris Bryant, the Florida Governor's Mansion.