REID, Robert Raymond, governor of Florida, born in Prince William parish, South Carolina, 8 September, 1789; died near Tallahassee, Florida, 1 July, 1841. In early years he removed to Georgia, where he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practised. From 1816 till 1819, and again from 1823 till 1825, he was a judge of the state superior court, serving in the interval in congress from 18 February, 1819, till 3 March, 1828, having been chosen as a Democrat. At the close of his term he was elected mayor of Augusta, Georgia, and in 1832 he was appointed judge of the superior court for the eastern district of Florida, and while holding this office he was a member of the convention that formed a state constitution, of which body he was also president. From 1839 till 1841 he was governor of Florida.