Who was the Governor of Florida in 1947?

Answer 1

Millard F. Caldwell (born February 6, 1897 in Beverly, Tennessee; died October 23, 1984 in Tallahassee, Florida) succeeded Spessard Holland as the twenty-ninth Governor of Florida, serving between January 2, 1945 and January 4, 1949, including the whole of 1947.

Answer 2

T. LeRoy Collins (born March 10, 1909 in Tallahassee, Florida; died March 12, 1991 in Tallahassee, Florida) succeeded Charley Eugene Johns as the thirty-third Governor of Florida, serving between January 4, 1955 and January 3, 1961, including the whole of 1957.

Answer 3

W. Haydon Burns (born March 17, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois; died November 22, 1987 in Jacksonville, Florida) succeeded C. Farris Bryant as the thirty-fifth Governor of Florida, serving between January 5, 1965 and January 3, 1967. Following the end of Burns' term as Governor, Claude Roy Kirk, Jr. (born January 7, 1926 in San Bernardino, California) became the thirty-sixth Governor of Florida, serving between January 3, 1967 and January 5, 1971.

Answer 4

Reubin Askey (born September 11, 1928 in Muskogee, Oklahoma) succeeded Claude Roy Kirk as the thirty-seventh Governor of Florida, serving between January 5, 1971 and January 2, 1979, including the whole of 1977.