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The State of Florida was admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845. It seceded from the Union on January 10, 1861, [38] and joined the Confederate States of America on February 8, 1861, [39] as a founding member. Following the end of the American Civil War, it was part of the Third Military District. [40] Florida was readmitted to the Union on ...
Florida is split into West and East Florida, both territories of Britain; July 20: John Hedges is appointed as the first governor of East Florida. August 6: Augustine Prévost is appointed as the first governor of West Florida. 1768: The colony of New Smyrna is established by Dr. Andrew Turnbull. 1783
When Florida was first acquired by the United States, future president Andrew Jackson served as its military governor. Florida Territory was established in 1822 and five people se
The colonial governors of Florida governed Florida during its colonial period (before 1821). The first European known 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 and was declared Governor and Adelantado of Florida.
On March 3, 1845, Florida was admitted as the twenty-seventh state of the Union. Later in 1845, in the first statewide election, Moseley won the election for Governor of Florida. He beat Richard Keith Call, who had been the governor of Florida Territory, and Moseley became the first governor of the state of Florida. Moseley was sworn in on June ...
Governors in Iowa, Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Nebraska and Alabama will raise the flags to full staff for Trump on Inauguration Day. Not limited to Republican-led states ...
This November, you may be surprised to see more names on the ballot for governor than you expect.
The history of Florida can be traced to when the first Paleo-Indians began to inhabit the peninsula as early as 14,000 years ago. [1] They left behind artifacts and archeological remains. Florida's written history begins with the arrival of Europeans; the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in 1513 made the first