A Guide to Florida Governors and the Florida Cabinet

William S. Jennings

Eighteenth governor: January 8, 1901 to January 3, 1905

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Lt. Governor: None

First Lady: May Austin Mann Jennings

Florida Cabinet

Secretary of State:

John L. Crawford (1881-1902)
Clay Crawford (1902-1929)

Comptroller:

William H. Reynolds (1897-1901)
A.C. Croom (1901-1912)

Treasurer:

James B. Whitfield (1897-1903)
William V. Knott (1903-1912)

Commissioner of Agriculture:

Benjamin E. McLin (1901-1912)

Attorney General:

William B. Lamar (1889-1903)
James B. Whitfield (1903-1904)
William H. Ellis (1904-1909)

Supt. of Public Instruction:

William N. Sheats (1893-1905)

Florida Photographic Collection:

• Images related to William S. Jennings.
  • Search Jennings, William Sherman, 1863-1920 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 596 Correspondence 1901-1904
• 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
  • M84-30 Papers, ca. 1900-1916

Other Repositories:

• Papers, P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History, University of Florida.

Related Links:

• William S. Jennings, Florida Governors' Portraits, Museum of Florida History.