A Guide to Florida Governors and the Florida Cabinet

John Martin

Twenty-fourth governor: January 6, 1925 to January 8, 1929

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Lt. Governor: None

First Lady: Lottie Wilt Pepper Martin

Florida Cabinet

Secretary of State:

Clay Crawford (1902-1929)

Comptroller:

Ernest Amos (1917-1933)

Treasurer:

J. C. (John Christian) Luning (1912-1928)
William V. Knott (1928-1941)

Commissioner of Agriculture:

Nathan Mayo (1923-1960)

Attorney General:

Rivers Buford (1921-1925)
J.B. Johnson (1925-1927)
Fred H. Davis (1927-1931)

Supt. of Public Instruction:

William S. Cawthon (1922-1937)

Florida Photographic Collection:

• Images related to John Martin.
  • Search Martin, John Wellborn, 1884-1958 in the Florida Photographic Collection.

Collections at the State Archives of Florida:

• RG 101 Territorial and State Governors (1820-1929)
  • S 613 State Governors correspondence, 1909-1925
• RG 900000 Manuscripts
  • M82-104 John W. Martin photographs, 1890-1956
  • M86-1 Correspondence, 1935-1937

Published Materials:

• McDonell, Victoria Harden. “The Businessman’s Politician: A Study of the Administration of John Wellborn Martin, 1925-1929.” MA Thesis: University of Florida, 1968.

Related Links:

• John Martin, Florida Governors' Portraits, Museum of Florida History.