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 # Image Name Term of service Political party1Nathaniel P. Bemis1845Democratic2Hugh Archer1845–1847Whig3Nathaniel P. Bemis1847Democratic4Hugh Archer1847Whig5Simon Towle1847–1851Whig6John Beard1851–1854Democratic7Theodorus W. Brevard1854Democratic8James T. Archer1854–1855Democratic9Theodorus W. Brevard1855–1860Democratic10Robert C. Williams1860–1863Democratic11Walter Gwynn1863–1866Democratic12John Beard1866–1868Democratic13Robert H. Gamble1868–1873Democratic14Clayton Cowgill1873–1877Republican15Columbus Drew1877–1881Democratic16William D. Barnes1881–1890Democratic17William D. Bloxham1890–1897Democratic18 William H. Reynolds1897–1901Democratic19A. C. Croom1901–1912Democratic20William V. Knott1912–1917Democratic21Ernest Amos1917–1933Democratic22J. M. Lee1933–1946Democratic23Clarence M. Gay1946–1955Democratic24Ray E. Green1955–1965Democratic25Fred Otis Dickinson1965–1975Democratic26Gerald Lewis1975–1995Democratic27Bob Milligan1995–2003Republican References
External links Office description and list of Comptrollers from the State Archives of Florida