Florida: Governors: 1822-1845

Governor of the Territory of Florida
20 Jun 1822 - 17 Apr 1834	William Pope DuVal [1]
17 Apr 1834 - 15 Jun 1834	office vacant [2]
Secretary and Acting Governor of the Territory of Florida
15 Jun 1834 - 11 Dec 1834	George K. Walker
Governor of the Territory of Florida
11 Dec 1834 - 4 Apr 1836	John Henry Eaton [3]
4 Apr 1836 - 31 Dec 1839	Richard Keith Call
1 Jan 1840 - 5 Apr 1841	Robert Raymond Reid [4]
5 Apr 1841 - 11 Aug 1844	Richard Keith Call [5]
12 Aug 1844 - 25 Jun 1845	John Branch [6][7]

DuVal was commissioned as Governor on 17 Apr 1822 and arrived at the seat of government, Pensacola, on 20 Jun 1822. George Walton, who had been serving as Secretary and Acting Governor of West Florida and received his commission as Secretary of the Territory of Florida on 15 Jun 1822, chose not to assume the office of Acting Governor of the Territory and communicated his opinion on the matter to the Secretary of State of the United States on 16 Jun 1822.
DuVal's commission as Governor expired on 17 Apr 1834 and Walker, who had been commissioned as Secretary of the Territory on 7 Apr 1834, was absent from the Territory. Walker arrived in Tallahassee on 15 Jun 1834 and assumed the functions of Acting Governor.
Eaton was commissioned as Governor on 24 Apr 1834 and arrived in Tallahassee on 11 Dec 1834.
Reid was commissioned as Governor on 2 Dec 1839. Serving as a United States judge for the district of East Florida, he received his commission in St. Augustine on 26 Dec 1839 and took the oath of office on 28 Dec 1839. In a letter to the Secretary of State acknowledging the receipt of the commission, Reid requested to date his resignation as judge and the commencement of the governor's term from 1 Jan 1840. He arrived in Tallahassee on 4 Jan 1840.
Call was commissioned as Governor on 19 Mar 1841 and most likely assumed the office on 5 Apr 1841.
Branch was commissioned as Governor on 21 Jun 1844. The commission of Call expired 11 Aug 1844, and Branch took the oath of office on 12 Aug 1844.
Following the adoption and ratification of the Constitution of the State of Florida, and its admission into the Union, all civil and military officers of the territorial government were authorized by a provision of the Constitution to continue in office until superseded.