United States Governor Directory

Napoleon Bonaparte Broward

Napoleon Bonaparte Broward served as Governor of Florida.

  • Democratic
  • Florida
  • Former
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Role Governor

Current assignment referenced in the congressional directory.

State Florida

Representing constituents across the Florida delegation.

Service period 1905-1909

Years of public service formally recorded.

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Biography

NAPOLEAN BONAPARTE BROWARD, Florida’s 19th governor, was born in Duval County, Florida, on April 19, 1857. At the age of 12, he became an orphan and had to support himself. He held various odd jobs, such as a farm hand, a steamboat deckhand and pilot, and a logger. Prior to the Spanish-American War of 1898, […]

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