William Pope Duval, Took Office: April 17, 1822 Left Office: April 24, 1834
Andrew Jackson was the first territorial governor of Florida.
Andrew Jackson
The governor of Florida is Richard (Rick) Scott.
The first capitol of the U.S. State of Florida was, "Jacksonville." Jacksonville was named after President Andrew Jackson, the first territorial governor of the U.S. State of Florida, until Florida was admitted as the 27th State to the U.S.A. in 1867.
The first person to represent Florida in Washington, DC was David Levy Yulee. He was the territorial representative from 1841 to 1845 when Florida became a state. He was a US Senator from 1845 to 1851 and 1855 to 1861.
the power they had... duhhh
almost exclusively Anglo-Americans
The stress mark on the word "govern" is on the first syllable, making it guh-VURN.
The territorialand/or colonial days of Florida were of the 1700's
Source: http://www.stateofflorida.com/ Florida became a U. S. territory in 1821; its first territorial governor was Andrew Jackson. It became the 27th state admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845. REDROBINSSS..........yuum...
NHL first adopted the commissioner to govern the best interests of the sport.
James Monroe But Andrew Jackson helped because he invaded Florida. He invaded and killed tons of men and put an American govern and not a Spainsh