A Guide to Florida Governors and the Florida Cabinet

Haydon Burns

Thirty-fifth governor: January 5, 1965 to January 3, 1967

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Lt. Governor: None

First Lady: Mildred Carlyon Burns

Florida Cabinet

Secretary of State:

Tom Adams (1961-1971)

Comptroller:

Ray E. Green (1955-1965)
Fred O. Dickinson (1965-1975)

Treasurer:

J. Edwin Larson (1941-1965)
Broward Williams (1965-1971)

Commissioner of Agriculture:

Doyle Conner (1961-1991)

Attorney General:

Earl Faircloth (1965-1971)

Supt. of Public Instruction:

Floyd Thomas Christian (1965-1969)

Florida Photographic Collection:

• Images related to Haydon Burns.
  • Search Burns, Haydon (William Haydon), 1912-1987 in the Florida Photographic Collection.

Video:

• Video - Disney: Yesterday and Tomorrow
  Gov. Haydon Burns introduces our "new neighbor" Walt Disney. Uses clips from Disney TV and movies and scenes from the California park to introduce Florida to its newest theme park. (1966)

Collections at the State Archives of Florida:

• RG 102 Governors (1929-1971)
  • S 131 Correspondence, 1965-1967
  • S 986 Reading files, 1965-1967
  • S 921 Financial records, 1963-1971
• RG 150 Dept. of State
  • S 697 Secretary of State Tom Adams press files, 1961-1970

Published Materials:

• Bartley, Abel. Keeping the Faith: Race, Politics, and Social Development in Jacksonville, Florida, 1940-1970.

Related Links:

• Haydon Burns, Florida Governors' Portraits, Museum of Florida History.
• Haydon Burns, the Florida Governor's Mansion.