Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Ron DeSantis
Table of Contents
References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Ron DeSantis Ron DeSantis 2024 presidential candidate
Read Next
The United States Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.
14 Questions About Government in the United States Answered
Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.
U.S. Death Toll During Major Events
The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.
26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History
The History of Women in the United States Congress: 10 Notable Congresses in Women's Fight for Equal Representation
History of Women in the U.S. Congress
Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd
Causes of the Great Depression
Discover
Aspirin pills.
7 Drugs that Changed the World
Internet http://www blue screen. Hompepage blog 2009, history and society, media news television, crowd opinion protest, In the News 2009, breaking news
Who Invented the Internet?
Big beaver gnawing on limb at river's edge
6 Animal Species that Mate for Life
Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"
How Deadly Is Quicksand?
Aurochs. Bos primigenius. Skeleton. Extinct animal. Skeleton of an Aurochs, an extinct wild ox.
6 Animals We Ate Into Extinction
Eye. Eyelash. Eyeball. Vision.
7 Vestigial Features of the Human Body
Centimetres vs inches, metal rulers on a white background with clipping path.
Why Doesn’t the U.S. Use the Metric System?

Ron DeSantis: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Ron-DeSantis
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

News •

Ron DeSantis’s fall from grace: ‘He’s completely crashed to the ground’ • May 21, 2025, 6:06 AM ET (The Guardian)
Board of Florida's only public HBCU picks a lobbyist with ties to DeSantis as its next president • May 16, 2025, 1:31 PM ET (AP)
DeSantis signs a bill making Florida the 2nd state to ban fluoride from its water system • May 15, 2025, 2:40 PM ET (AP)
DeSantis signs law creating new hurdles for Florida's citizens' initiative process • May 2, 2025, 8:28 PM ET (AP)
Florida executes a man for the shotgun killings of his girlfriend and her 3 young children • May 1, 2025, 10:19 PM ET (AP)

Facts

Also Known As Ronald Dion DeSantis
Born September 14, 1978 (age 46) • Jacksonville • Florida
Title / Office governor (2019-), Florida • House of Representatives (2013-2018), United States

Photos

Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
2024 presidential candidate
See All Images →
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
United States senator
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
United States senator and secretary of state
Patrick A. McCarran
American politician
Wilbur Mills
American lawyer and politician
Thomas Ewing
United States government official
Edmund Gerald Brown
American politician
Bruce Babbitt
American politician
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
American clergyman and politician
Pierre Salinger
American journalist and political figure
Phil Gramm
United States senator
John Anthony Volpe
American politician
Jesse Lee Reno
United States Army officer
Paul Simon
United States senator
Edwin Meese III
United States public official and attorney
Raul H. Castro
American politician
John Connally
American politician
Amos Eaton
American botanist, geologist, and lawyer
Warren Rudman
United States senator
Christine Todd Whitman
American politician
Henry Melchior Mühlenberg
American clergyman