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1863 Florida's 1st congressional district special election

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  John Marshall Martin.jpg James Gettis.jpg
Nominee John Marshall Martin James Gettis
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote1,111583
Percentage38.78%20.35%
  Florida Governor James E. Broome.jpg
NomineeW. M. Ives James E. Broome
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote571486
Percentage19.93%16.96%
Representative before election

James Baird Dawkins
Independent

Elected Representative

John Marshall
Martin
Independent

A special election to the Confederate States House of Representatives for Florida's 1st congressional district was held February 2, 1863. [1]

Contents

The winning candidate would serve the remainder of a two-year term in the Confederate States House of Representatives to represent Florida in the 1st Confederate Congress from February 3, 1863, to February 18, 1864.

Background

In the 1861 congressional election, James Baird Dawkins was elected to the Confederate States House of Representatives. However, Dawkins resigned on December 8, 1862, after Governor John Milton appointed him as a state judge. [2]

Candidates

Campaign

Unique to this election, none of the five candidates came from West Florida, which had been the state's political powerhouse, showing the waning influence of Pensacola. Martin and Ives were both from North Central Florida; Martin was a planter and Confederate States Army captain from Ocala, while Ives was an influential newspaper editor from Lake City. Broome, the former governor of Florida, was from Tallahassee. Gettis, a former state representative from Tampa, was famous in Florida for his actions during the Battle of Tampa. The only candidate out of the five without a major reputation in the state was Hawes, a former state senator from Orlando, which was still a small frontier town at this time.

General election

Results

1863 Florida's 1st congressional district special election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Marshall Martin 1,111 38.78% N/A
Independent James Gettis 58320.35%N/A
Independent W. M. Ives57119.93%N/A
Independent James E. Broome 48616.96%N/A
Independent George E. Hawes1143.98%N/A
Majority 52818.43%+8.26%
Turnout 4,053100.00%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Our Campaigns - FL CSA 1 - Special Election". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  2. ↑ Schwartz, Kathryn Carlisle (2003). Baptist Faith in Action: The Private Writings of Maria Baker Taylor, 1813-1895. Columbia: University of South Carolina. ISBN   978-1-57003-497-8 . Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ "James Emilius Broome". National Governors Association . January 6, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  4. ↑ VanLandingham, Kyle S. (1997). "James Gettis: Tampa Pioneer Lawyer". Sunland Tribune. 23 (6). University of South Florida – via Scholar Commons.
  5. ↑ The People of Lawmaking in Florida 1822 - 2019 (PDF). Tallahassee: Florida House of Representatives. 2019. p. 83. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  6. ↑ Ives, W. M. (1895). "HISTORY of THE FOURTH FLORIDA REGIMENT". Confederate Veteran . Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  7. ↑ Allardice, Bruce S. (2008). Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register. Columbia: University of Missouri. pp. 253–254. ISBN   978-0-8262-6648-4 . Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  8. ↑ "FL CSA 1 - Special Election". Our Campaigns. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
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