In the years leading up to the Union of the Principalities, which he supported, Florescu was a director in the Interior Ministry and, in 1857, entered the Wallachian ad hoc Divan. He formed part of the first government covering all Romania, led by Barbu Catargiu, and served as Minister of Control from March to June 1862. In the succeeding cabinet, that of Nicolae Crețulescu, he was Public Works Minister from June to October. He was President of the Assembly of Deputies from December 1864 to June 1865.Dinu C. Giurescu, Dicționar biografic de istorie a României, p. 210. Bucharest: Editura Meronia, 2008. He served a number of terms as both deputy and senator.
