Charles A. Finley

Charles Alexander Martin Finley (April 22, 1849 – May 22, 1934) was an American emeritus secretary of the Florida Senate and the secretary to Florida’s 15th governor Francis P. Fleming.

Finley was married to Arabel (née Moncrief) in 1872; and together they had seven children, two sons and five daughters.

In 1879 he served in the Florida House of Representatives representing Columbia County as a Democrat.

He was elected as Secretary to the Florida Senate in 1887 a position he held until 1895, when he was succeeded by T. J. Appleyard.

He was photographed with the members of the Florida legislature in 1889, and with the Florida Senate in 1915. He was a witness for Democrats regarding election issues in Lake City, Florida.

Finley died on May 22, 1934, at his daughters home in Graceville, Florida, after a long illness, within a few hours of the death of his friend and fellow state senate employee, bill clerk Ben Hill Simmons.