sentences:  Albert A. Murphree, president of Florida State College in Tallahassee, was the favorite of several prominent members of the legislature.But Sledd had Governor Broward's backing, and the Board of Control ultimately selected him to be the first president on June 7, 1905; Sledd's appointment was for a single year, but renewable on an annual basis, as was typical in the university's early years when the Board of Control appointed or re-appointed the presidents of the state's public colleges for each academic year.Murphree remained the president of the newly consolidated women's college in Tallahassee until 1909.