Doyle Elam Carlton (July 6, 1885 - October 25, 1972 was the twenty-fifth governor of Florida.

He was born in Wauchula, Florida. He practiced law in Tampa beginning in 1912, and was elected to the Florida state senate in 1916. He assumed the office of governor on January 8, 1929. During his term, he faced several difficult problems, helping the state through them all. The collapse of the state's land boom, a violent hurricane hit the state, a Mediterranean fruit fly infestation, and the Great Depression began during his term. During his term, he cut many state jobs in an attempt to reduce the state's budget. He left office on January 3, 1933, returning to Tampa, Florida. He ran in an unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate in 1936. He died in Tampa in 1972.

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Official Governor's portrait and biography from the State of Florida