A Guide to Florida Governors and the Florida Cabinet

Lawton M. Chiles

Forty-first governor: January 8, 1991 to December 12, 1998

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Lt. Governor: Buddy MacKay (1991-1998)

First Lady: Rhea Grafton Chiles

Florida Cabinet

Secretary of State:

Jim Smith (1987-1995)
Sandra Mortham (1995-1999)

Comptroller:

Gerald Lewis (1975-1995)
Robert Milligan (1995-2003)

Treasurer & Insurance Commissioner:

Tom Gallagher (1989-1995)
Bill Nelson (1995-2000)

Commissioner of Agriculture:

Robert B. Crawford (1991-2001)

Attorney General:

Robert Butterworth (1987-2002)

Commissioner of Education:

Betty Castor (1986-1994)
Douglas L. Jamerson (1994-1995)
Frank T. Brogan (1995-1999)

Florida Photographic Collection:

• Images related to Lawton Chiles.
  • Search Chiles, Lawton, 1930-1998 in the Florida Photographic Collection.

Collections at the State Archives of Florida:

• RG 100 Office of the Governor
  • S 184 Cabinet meeting official records, 1966-2005
  • S 1984 Legal Counsel subject files, 1994-1998
• RG 106 Governor (1991-1998: Chiles)
  • S 1451 Appointment files, 1987-2000
  • S 1467 Chief of Staff James B. Krog administrative files, 1991-1992
  • S 1469 Director of Press Relations Mary Jane Gallagher administrative files, 1991-1992
  • S 1479 Audio and video press and public relations recordings, 1978-1992
  • S 1560 U.S. Senate resolution and presidential letter commemorating Florida's Sesquicentennial, 1995
  • S 1737 Paperwork reduction program files, 1995-1997
  • S 1746 Federal Aid Tracking System development files, 1992-1995
  • S 1749 Meeting files and tapes, 1996-1998
  • S 1751 Contract and reimbursement files, 1996-1998
  • S 1753 Research and report files, 1993-1994
  • S 1754 Governor and Cabinet Task Force on Governmental Efficiency records, 1991-1994
  • S 1755 Productivity Advisory Group and Productivity Enhancement Task Force records, 1991-1995
  • S 1756 Career Service System reform planning and research files, 1991-1993
  • S 1772 General Government Transition Task Force report, 1991
  • S 1774 Women's Hall of Fame records, 1996-1998
  • S 1800 Bill files, 1991-1992
  • S 1801 Legislative correspondence, 1991-1992
  • S 1824 Chiefs of staff subject files, 1991-1996
  • S 1946 Subject files, 1991-1998
  • S 1986 Education policy recommended budget development files, 1993-1996
  • S 1987 Correspondence files, 1994-1998
• RG 131 Dept. of Management Services
  • S 1657 Publicity photographs of the governor, 1991-1998
• RG 150 Dept of State
  • S 1394 Cabinet meeting audio recordings, 1966-2002
• RG 90000 Manuscripts
  • N2003-2 Re porters Lee Mainella and Bill Burke's master story video tapes, 1982-1991

Other Repositories:

• Papers, 1969-1988, P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History, University of Florida.
• Papers, 1974-1977, Gerard R. Ford Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
• Southern Oral History Program, University of North Carolina.
  • Interview A-48

Published Materials:

• Rannicky, Frank. Lawton Chiles: An Uncommon Man [videorecording]. 1998.

Related Links:

• Lawton Chiles, Florida Governors' Portraits, Museum of Florida History.
• Lawton Chiles, the Florida Governor's Mansion.
• Lawton Chiles, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.