A Guide to Florida Governors and the Florida Cabinet

Marcellus L. Stearns

Eleventh (acting) governor: March 18, 1875 to January 2, 1877

Party Affiliation: Republican

Lt. Governor: None

First Lady: [Bachelor]

Florida Cabinet

Secretary of State:

Samuel B. McLin (1873-1877)

Comptroller:

Clayton Cowgill (1873-1877)

Treasurer:

Charles H. Foster (1873-1877)

Commissioner of Immigration:

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Attorney General:

William A. Cocke (1873-1877)

Adjutant General:

John Varnum (1870-1877)

Supt. of Public Instruction:

Samuel B. McLin (1875-1877)

Surveyor General:

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Florida Photographic Collection:

• Images related to Marcellus L. Stearns.
  • Search Stearns, Marcellus Lovejoy, 1839-1891 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 577 State governors' incoming correspondence, 1857-1888
• RG 690 State Board of Pardons
  • S 158 Pardon, commutation, and remission decrees, 1869-1909

Published Materials:

• Flory, Claude R. “Marcellus Stearns and John Wallace.” Apalachee (1963-1967).

Related Links:

• Marcellus L. Stearns, Florida Governors' Portraits, Museum of Florida History.