Napoleon Bonaparte Broward | |
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| United States Senator-elect from Florida | |
| In office Died before assuming office | |
| Preceded by | James Taliaferro |
| Succeeded by | Nathan P. Bryan |
| 19th Governor of Florida | |
| In office January 3, 1905 – January 5, 1909 | |
| Preceded by | William S. Jennings |
| Succeeded by | Albert W. Gilchrist |
| Member of the Florida House of Representatives | |
| In office 1902–1904 | |
| Sheriff of Duval County, Florida | |
| In office February 27, 1888 – 1894 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 19, 1857 Duval County, Florida, U.S. |
| Died | October 1, 1910 (aged 53) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Georgiana Carolina Kemp
(m. 1883; died 1883)Annie Isabell Douglass
(m. 1887) |
| Children | 10 (1 with Kemp, 9 with Douglass) |
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Napoleon Bonaparte Broward (April 19, 1857 – October 1, 1910) was an American river pilot, captain, and politician. He was the 19th governor of the U.S. state of Florida. He was governor from January 3, 1905, to January 5, 1909. He made a plan to take water out of the Everglades. This gave the state more land for farming. As governor, he work with the federal government to get money for this plan. In 1915, Broward County was named for him.
Before being governor, Broward was the sheriff of Duval County, Florida and was in the Florida House of Representatives. He was part of the Straightouts, Populist part of the Democratic Party in the state.
One study said that Napoleon started "the 'Broward Era' of liberal, or 'progressive,' government." That era continued with Albert W. Gilchrist and Park Trammell who were the governors of Florida after him."