Florida Comptroller

The Florida Comptroller was the state comptroller of Florida from 1845 to 2003 (when the position was merged with the position of Florida State Treasurer/Insurance Commissioner/Fire Marshal to create the post of Chief Financial Officer of Florida following amendments to the State Constitution). The Comptroller was a member of the Florida Cabinet and was elected by the Florida Legislature until 1865, when it became an elected office.

The Comptroller was Florida's chief fiscal officer. The post was created in the 1838 Constitution and the first Comptroller took office in 1845 and assumed the duties of the Auditor of Public Accounts of Florida Territory.

The Comptroller initially was in charge of the Comptroller's Office, whose duties where transferred to the Department of Banking and Finance in 1969 (the Comptroller served as the head of the Department).

List of Comptrollers
Comptrollers by party affiliation
Party Comptrollers
Democratic 22
Whig 3
Republican 2
# Name Term of Service Political Party
1 Nathaniel P. Bemis 1845 Democratic
2 Hugh Archer 1845–1847 Whig
3 Nathaniel P. Bemis 1847 Democratic
4 Hugh Archer 1847 Whig
5 Simon Towle 1847–1851 Whig
6 John Beard 1851–1854 Democratic
7 Theodorus W. Brevard 1854 Democratic
8 James T. Archer 1854–1855 Democratic
9 Theodorus W. Brevard 1855–1860 Democratic
10 Robert C. Williams 1860–1863 Democratic
11 Walter Gwynn 1863–1866 Democratic
12 John Beard 1866–1868 Democratic
13 Robert H. Gamble 1868–1873 Democratic
14 Clayton Cowgill 1873–1877 Republican
15 Columbus Drew 1877–1881 Democratic
16 William D. Barnes 1881–1890 Democratic
17 William D. Bloxham 1890–1897 Democratic
18 William H. Reynolds 1897–1901 Democratic
19 A. C. Croom 1901–1912 Democratic
20 William V. Knott 1912–1917 Democratic
21 Ernest Amos 1917–1933 Democratic
22 J. M. Lee 1933–1946 Democratic
23 Clarence M. Gay 1946–1955 Democratic
24 Ray E. Green 1955–1965 Democratic
25 Fred Otis Dickinson 1965–1975 Democratic
26 Gerald A. Lewis 1975–1995 Democratic
27 Robert F. Milligan 1995–2003 Republican
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