George Pettus Raney (October 11, 1845 – January 8, 1911) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 9th Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court.

[2] Raney began studying at the University of Virginia in 1863, but left in order to serve in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

[2] Raney served until the end of the war, with his unit surrendering alongside General Joseph E. Johnston and the Army of Tennessee at Bennett Place, near Durham, North Carolina.

In addition, both candidates for governor, incumbent Republican Marcellus Stearns and Democrat businessman George Franklin Drew, also declared victory.

[7] Stearns created a three-member body, the Florida Board of State Canvassers, to investigate the election.

The board, which was mostly Republican, however, began throwing away Democratic votes and declared victory for both Hayes and Stearns in the state.

[7] In part due to his support during the election, Drew appointed Raney as the 14th Florida Attorney General on January 3, 1877.

[9] In 1881, Raney negotiated the sale of 4,000,000 acres (16,000 km2) of public land to real estate magnate Hamilton Disston to relieve the debt.

[11][12] During his tenure as Chief Justice, the Florida Supreme Court oversaw some of the most important cases regarding expanding infrastructure and industrialization in the mostly rural state.