1863 Florida's 1st congressional district special election

1863 Florida's 2nd congressional district special election

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Nominee John Marshall Martin James Gettis
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 1,111 583
Percentage 38.78% 20.35%

 
Nominee W. M. Ives James E. Broome
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 571 486
Percentage 19.93% 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.

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.

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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Marshall Martin 1,111 38.78% N/A
Independent James Gettis 583 20.35% N/A
Independent W. M. Ives 571 19.93% N/A
Independent James E. Broome 486 16.96% N/A
Independent George E. Hawes 114 3.98% N/A
Majority 528 18.43% +8.26%
Turnout 4,053 100.00%

See also


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