List of presidents of the Florida Senate

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President of the Florida Senate
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Seal of the Florida Senate
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Incumbent
Ben Albritton
since November 19, 2024
Legislative branch of the Florida government
Style
Type Presiding officer
Appointer Florida Senate
Term length 2 years; renewable
Constituting instrument Constitution of Florida
Inaugural holder James A. Berthelot
Formation1845 (180 years ago)
Website Official website

This is a list of presidents of the Florida Senate . In Florida, the president of the Senate is elected by the Senate membership to a two-year term. They appoint committees and their chairs and route bills to the committees. [1] They also co-ordinate with the chair of the Committee on Rules and Calendar on the ordering of bills on the calendar. [2] From 1865 to 1887, the lieutenant governor was the president of the Senate. [3]

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Morris, Allen and Joan Perry Morris, compilers. The Florida Handbook 2007-2008 31st Biennial Edition. pp 173. Peninsula Publishing. Tallahassee. 2007. ISBN   978-0-9765846-1-2 Softcover ISBN   978-0-9765846-2-9 Hardcover
  2. ↑ Morris, Allen and Joan Perry Morris, compilers. The Florida Handbook 2007-2008 31st Biennial Edition. pp 164. Peninsula Publishing. Tallahassee. 2007. ISBN   978-0-9765846-1-2 Softcover ISBN   978-0-9765846-2-9 Hardcover
  3. ↑ Morris, Allen and Joan Perry Morris, compilers. The Florida Handbook 2007-2008 31st Biennial Edition. pp 169. Peninsula Publishing. Tallahassee. 2007. ISBN   978-0-9765846-1-2 Softcover ISBN   978-0-9765846-2-9 Hardcover
  4. ↑ "Jesse J. Parrish".
  5. ↑ Philip D. Beall Jr.
  6. ↑ "Obituary for Newman Collin Brackin (Aged 61)". Pensacola News Journal. July 9, 1969. p. 19.
  7. ↑ "Former Senate president Peterson dies in surgery".
  8. ↑ Morris, Allen and Joan Perry Morris, compilers. The Florida Handbook 2007-2008 31st Biennial Edition. pp 169-170. Peninsula Publishing. Tallahassee. 2007. ISBN   978-0-9765846-1-2 Softcover ISBN   978-0-9765846-2-9 Hardcover
  9. ↑ "The People of Lawmaking in Florida 1822-2019" (PDF). Florida House of Representatives. February 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
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