fill it. Bloxham was unanimously nominated for the position in August 1890 and easily won the election, and was easily re-elected in 1892. Comptroller Bloxham ran for governor and was victorious in 1896, 12 years after leaving the office. Despite his conservative reputation, Bloxham left his mark in his second term by reinstating and expanding the powers of a railroad commission, restricting monopolies and creating a statewide auditor to eliminate government fraud and waste. Fire insurance company regulation was initiated and women served as public notaries for the first time during Bloxham's second stint as governor. William Bloxham died on March 15, 1911, in Tallahassee, Florida. A planned Bloxham County, Florida, centered around Williston, Florida, was rejected by a referendum in 1915. Plantation Bloxham was a cotton planter in Leon County, Florida, and from the late 1850s owned the William D. Bloxham Plantation. He had 52 slaves. Notes References The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography (1901), Volume XI, J. T. White Company, p. 382. External links Official Governor's portrait and biography from the State of Florida 1835 births 1911 deaths College of William & Mary alumni Democratic Party governors of Florida American people of English descent Democratic Party members of the Florida House of Representatives Secretaries of State of Florida Florida Comptrollers People from Leon County, Florida 19th-century American politicians