Charley Johns
Party Affiliation
Democrat
Lt. Governor
None
First Lady
Thelma Brinson Johns
Florida Cabinet
- Secretary of State:
- Robert A. Gray
(1930-1961) - Comptroller:
- Clarence M. Gay
(1946-1955) - Treasurer:
- J. Edwin Larson
(1941-1965) - Commissioner of Agriculture:
- Nathan Mayo
(1923-1960) - Attorney General:
- Richard W. Ervin
(1949-1964) - Supt. of Public Instruction:
- Thomas D. Bailey
(1949-1965)
Charley Johns
(1905-1990)
Thirty-second (acting) governor:
September 28, 1953 to January 4, 1955
Florida Photographic Collection:
- Images relating to Charley Johns.
- Video - Gov. Charley Johns-Leroy Collins
This debate between acting Gov. Charley Johns and future governor LeRoy Collins was filmed from a television monitor (kinescope) and simultaneously broadcast throughout Florida on radio.
Collections at the State Archives of Florida:
Published Materials:
- Christie, Terry L. “The Collins-Johns Election, 1954: A Turning Point.” Apalachee (1963-1967).
- Stark, Bonnie. “McCathyism in Florida: Charley Johns and the Florida Legislative Investigative Committee, July 1956 to July 1965.” MA Thesis: University of South Florida, 1985.
- Schnur, James “Cold Warriors in the Hot Sunshine: The Johns Committee Assault on Civil Liberties in Florida, 1956-1965.” MA Thesis: University of South Florida, 1995.
- University of Florida, College of Journalism and Comminication. Behind Closed Doors [videorecording], 2000.
Related Links:
- Charley Johns, Florida Governors' Portraits, Museum of Florida History.
