The Florida Department of State manages our state's elections, corporations, historical and cultural resources and our libraries.
The United States government admitted Florida as the twenty-seventh state on March 3, 1845. By law, new stars were added to the national flag on the fourth of July following the admission of each new state, so a twenty-seventh star was added for Florida on July 4, 1845.
Ron DeSantis, Governor
Laurel M. Lee, Secretary of State
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Florida Department of State
Phone: 850.245.6500
R.A. Gray Building
500 South Bronough Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250