A Guide to Florida Governors and the Florida Cabinet

Fred Cone (1870-1949)

Twenty-seventh governor: January 5, 1937 to January 7, 1941

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Lt. Governor: None

First Lady: Mildred Victoria Thompson Cone

Florida Cabinet

Secretary of State:

Robert A. Gray (1930-1961)

Comptroller:

J. M. (James Martin) Lee (1933-1946)

Treasurer:

William V. Knott (1928-1941)
J. Edwin Larson (1941-1965)

Commissioner of Agriculture:

Nathan Mayo (1923-1960)

Attorney General:

Cary D. Landis (1931-1938)
George Couper Gibbs (1938-1941)

Supt. of Public Instruction:

Colin English (1937-1949)

Florida Photographic Collection:

• Images related to Fred Cone.
  • Search Cone, Frederick Preston, 1871-1948 in the Florida Photographic Collection.

Collections at the State Archives of Florida:

• RG 102 Governors (1929-1971)
  • S 368 Correspondence, 1937-1941
• RG 900000 Manuscripts
  • M97-16 Fred P. Cone memorabilia, 1936-1948

Published Materials:

• Nelson, Dave. “A New Deal for Welfare: Governor Fred Cone and the Florida State Welfare Board” Florida Historical Quarterly (Summer 2005)

Related Links:

• Frederick Preston Cone, Florida Governors' Portraits, Museum of Florida History.