A Guide to Florida Governors and the Florida Cabinet

Henry Laurens Mitchell

Sixteenth governor: January 3, 1893 to January 5, 1897

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Lt. Governor: None

First Lady: Mary Eugenia Spencer Mitchell

Florida Cabinet

Secretary of State:

John L. Crawford (1881-1902)

Comptroller:

William D. Bloxham (1890-1897)
William H. Reynolds (1897-1901)

Treasurer:

Clarence B. Collins (1893-1897)

Commissioner of Immigration:

Lucius B. Wombwell (1888-1900)

Attorney General:

William B. Lamar (1889-1903)

Supt. of Public Instruction:

William N. Sheats (1893-1905)

Florida Photographic Collection:

• Images related to Henry Laurens Mitchell.
  • Search Mitchell, Henry Laurens, 1831-1903 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 161 United States Direct Tax refund records, 1891-1901
  • S 581 Correspondence 1893-1896
• RG 690 State Board of Pardons
  • S 158 Pardon, commutation, and remission decrees, 1869-1909

Other Repositories:

• Family Papers, Special Collections, University of North Florida.

Related Links:

• Henry Laurens Mitchell, Florida Governors' Portraits, Museum of Florida History.