In the Sunshine State on this day in:

1823 The Bank of Florida (Tallahassee) was founded today.

1883 James Emilius Broome, the third governor of Florida (1853-1857), died today in Deland.  Broome was born in Hamburg, S.C. on December 15, 1808.  He came to Tallahassee in 1837 and engaged in the mercantile business until he retired in 1841.  Governor Richard Keith Call appointed him to the position of Probate Judge of Leon County.  He served in that position until 1848.  He was elected governor in 1852 as a Democrat.  He was an early States-Righter.  

Because the Whigs controlled the Legislature during his tenure, he was known as the “Veto Governor.”  After his gubernatorial stint, Broome served as a member of the Florida Senate in 1861.  A large plantation owner, he was very sympathetic to the Confederate cause.    

                    

James E. Broome was married five times.  In 1865, he moved to New York City.  On a visit with his son in DeLand, Broome died in 1883.

1923 Hialeah Park was incorporated today as Jockey Park.