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The colonial governors of Florida governed over Florida during its colonial period. The first European to arrive there was Juan Ponce de León, in 1513, but the governorship did not begin until 1565, when Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded St. Augustine. This district was subordinated to the Viceroyalty of New Spain. In 1763, following the British takeover of Florida, the colony was divided into West Florida and East Florida, with separate governors. This division was maintained when Spain resumed control of the colonies in 1783. The United States took control of the area in 1821, and Florida Territory was established on March 30, 1822. This became the modern state of Florida on March 3, 1845. For governors of the United States territory and state, see List of Governors of Florida.
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First Spanish period, 1565-1763
Name Term Notes Pedro Menéndez de Avilés 8 Sep 1565 - 17 Sep 1574 Founder of St. Augustine and the Florida colonial government Hernando de Miranda 1575 - 1577 Pedro Menéndez de Márquez 1577 - 1589 (acting to 1578) Beginning of the Timucua missionizations Gutierre de Miranda 1589 - 1592 Rodrigo del Junco 1592 Domingo Martínez de Avendaño 1594 - 1596 Gonzalo Méndez de Cancio y Donlebún 1596 - 1603 Pedro de Ibarra 1603 - 1609 Juan Fernández de Olivera 1609 - 1613 Juan Treviño de Guillamas 1613 - 1618 Juan de Salinas 1618 - 1624 Luis de Rojas y Borja 1624 - 1630 Andrés Rodríguez de Villegas 1630 - 1633 Luis de Horruytiner 1633 - 1639 Apalachee missions established Damián de Vega Castro y Pardo 1639 - 1645 Benito Ruíz de Salazar Vallecilla 1645 - 1646 Pedro Horruytiner Benedit 1646 - 1647 acting Benito Ruíz de Salazar Vallecilla 1647 - 1650 Nicolás Ponce de León 1650 - 1654 Pedro Horruytiner Benedit 1654 - 1655 Diego de Rebolledo 1655 - 1659 Alonso de Aranguiz y Cortés 1659 - 1664 Francisco de la Guerra y de la Vega 1664 - 1670 Manuel de Çendoya 1670 - 1673 Nicolás Ponce de León II 1673 - 1674 Pablo de Hita y Salazar 1674 - 1680 Juan Márquez Cabrera 1680 - 1687 Diego de Quiroga y Losado 1687 - 1693 Laureano José de Torres Ayala a Duadros Castellanos 1693 - 1699 José de Zúñiga y la Cerda 1699 - 1706 Francisco de Córcoles y Martínez 1706 - 1716 Pedro de Olivera y Fullana 1716 Juan de Ayala y Escobar 1716 - 1718 acting Antonio de Benavides 1718 - 1734 Francisco del Moral y Sánchez 1734 - 1737 Manuel de Montiano 1737 - 1749 Melchor de Navarrete 1749 - 1752 Fulgencio García de Solís 1752 - 1755 acting Alonso Fernández de Heredia 1755 - 1758 Lucas Fernando de Palacio y Valenzuela 1758 - 1761 Alonso de Cárdenas 1761 - 1762 Melchor Feliú 1762 - 1763 Oversaw migration of many Spanish Floridians to Cuba. British period, 1763-1784
East Florida
Name Term Notes James Grant 1763 - 1771 Capital at St. Augustine, Florida John Moultrie 1771 - 1774 Patrick Tonyn 1774 - 1784 Last British Governor of Florida West Florida
Name Term Notes Commodore George Johnstone 1763 - 1767 Capital at Pensacola, Florida Brigadier General Montfort Browne 1767 - 1769 Captain John Eliot 1769 - 1769 Captain-Lieutenant Elias Durnford 1769 - 1770 Peter Chester 1770 - 9 May 1781 Second Spanish period, 1784-1821
East Florida
Name Term Notes Vicente Manuel de Céspedes y Velasco 12 July 1784 - July 1790 Capital at St. Augustine, Florida Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada y Barnuevo July 1790 - March 1796 Bartolomé Morales March 1796 - June 1796 acting governor Enrique White June 1796 - March 1811 Juan José de Estrada March 1811 - June 1812 Sebastián Kindelán y Oregón June 1812 - June 1815 Patriot War with Georgia Juan José de Estrada June 1815 - January 1816 José María Coppinger January 1816 - 10 July 1821 West Florida
Name Term Notes Colonel Arturo O’Neill y Tyrone 9 May 1781 - 1794 Capital at Pensacola, Florida Enrique White 1794 - 1796 Francisco de Paula Gelabert 1796 Colonel Vincente Folch y Juan 1796 - 1811 Francisco San Maxent 1811 - 1812 Mauricio de Zúñiga 1812 - 1813 Mateo González Manrique 1813 - 1815 José de Soto 1815 - 1816 Mauricio de Zúñiga 1816 Francisco San Maxent 1816 José Fascot 1816 - 26 May 1818 Colonel William King 26 May 1818 - 4 February 1819 United States military governor during the First Seminole War Colonel José María Callava Feb 1819 - 17 July 1821 See also
- List of Governors of Florida, for a list of United States territorial and state governors of Florida since 1821.
External links
Categories:- Spanish colonial governors and administrators
- People of New Spain
- Governors of Florida
- Lists of American colonial governors
- Pre-state history of Florida
- Colonial United States (Spanish)
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