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John Wayne Mixson (June 16, 1922 – July 8, 2020) served as the 12th lieutenant governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987, and as the 39th 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 in January 1987.
Kenneth Hood "Buddy" MacKay, Jr. (March 22, 1933 – December 31, 2024) served as the 42nd 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟮, 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟴, 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟱, 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟵, upon the death of Lawton Chiles.
John Milton (April 20, 1807 – April 1, 1865) was governor of Florida through most of the American Civil War. In his final message to the state legislature as the war was ending, he declared that death would be preferable to reunion with the North. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, his son Jefferson Davis Milton was a toddler.
Kenneth Hood "Buddy" MacKay, Jr. (March 22, 1933 – December 31, 2024) served as the 42nd 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟮, 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟴, 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟱, 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟵, upon the death of Lawton Chiles.
John Milton (April 20, 1807 – April 1, 1865) was governor of Florida through most of the American Civil War. In his final message to the state legislature as the war was ending, he declared that death would be preferable to reunion with the North. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, his son Jefferson Davis Milton was a toddler.
