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− | + | *Date unknown – a new [[Pensacola City Hall]] is completed at 300 South [[Jefferson Street]] on the east side of [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]]. The building currently houses the [[T. T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum]]. | |
− | + | *[[April 7]] – Streetcar operators of the [[Pensacola Electric Company]] [[1908 streetcar operators' strike|go on strike]]. | |
− | + | *[[April 12]] – National Guard troops are ordered into Pensacola to protect [[1908 streetcar operators' strike|strikebreakers]] and restore order. | |
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*[[May 13]] – [[1908 streetcar operators' strike|Streetcar operators' strike]] ends. | *[[May 13]] – [[1908 streetcar operators' strike|Streetcar operators' strike]] ends. | ||
*[[July 29]] – [[Leander Shaw]] is hanged by a lynch-mob in [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]] for the rape and murder of [[Lillie Davis]]. | *[[July 29]] – [[Leander Shaw]] is hanged by a lynch-mob in [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]] for the rape and murder of [[Lillie Davis]]. | ||
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==Candidates for office== | ==Candidates for office== | ||
− | + | All candidates were affiliated with the Democratic Party. | |
− | == | + | ===U.S. Congress=== |
− | + | *[[C. F. Schad]] | |
+ | *[[J. P. Stokes]] | ||
+ | ===Judge of the Criminal Court of Record, Escambia=== | ||
+ | *[[Elmore Dixie Beggs, Sr.]] '''(winner)''' | ||
+ | *[[J. Campbell Avery, Jr.]] | ||
+ | ===County Judge, Escambia=== | ||
+ | *[[William Edward Anderson]] | ||
+ | *[[Henry Bellinger]] | ||
+ | ===[[Escambia County Clerk of the Circuit Court]]=== | ||
+ | *[[Jason Macgibbon]] | ||
+ | *[[Angus M. McMillan]] | ||
+ | *[[L. S. Brown]] | ||
+ | *[[Frank Johnson]] | ||
+ | ===[[Escambia County Sheriff]]=== | ||
+ | *[[W. H. Kilbee]] | ||
+ | *[[J. C. Van Pelt]] '''(winner)''' | ||
+ | *[[Frank Sanders]] | ||
+ | ===Escambia County Solicitor=== | ||
+ | *[[William A. Blount, Jr.]] | ||
+ | *[[Scott M. Loftin]] | ||
+ | ===Escambia County Clerk of the Criminal Court=== | ||
+ | *[[John L. Pinney]] | ||
+ | ===Escambia County Treasurer=== | ||
+ | *[[W. M. J. Scott]] | ||
+ | *[[J. Ed Williams]] | ||
+ | *[[W. G. Dailey]] | ||
+ | *[[T. M. Wilson]] | ||
+ | ===[[Escambia County Tax Collector]]=== | ||
+ | *[[J. S. Roberts]] | ||
+ | *[[A. H. D'Alemberte]] | ||
+ | ===Escambia County Tax Assessor=== | ||
+ | *[[W. W. Richards]] | ||
+ | ===[[Escambia County Superintendent of Schools|Escambia County Superintendent of Public Instruction]]=== | ||
+ | *[[Clifford J. Bell]] | ||
+ | *[[N. B. Cook]] '''(winner)''' | ||
+ | *[[Clyde E. Wilson]] | ||
+ | ===Pensacola Harbor Master=== | ||
+ | *[[J. Ed Abercrombie]] | ||
+ | *[[Alex Zelius]] | ||
+ | *[[Frank A. Boghich]] | ||
+ | ===[[Escambia County Board of County Commissioners|Escambia County Commission]]=== | ||
+ | ====[[Escambia County District 1|District 1]]==== | ||
+ | *[[Neils McKenzie Oerting]] | ||
+ | ====[[Escambia County District 2|District 2]]==== | ||
+ | *[[Joseph Brown]] | ||
+ | ====[[Escambia County District 3|District 3]]==== | ||
+ | *[[J. Fisher]] | ||
+ | *[[George H. Davis]] | ||
+ | ====[[Escambia County District 4|District 4]]==== | ||
+ | *[[John Gates]] | ||
+ | *[[D. R. McQuarrie]] | ||
+ | *[[John A. Wiggins]] | ||
+ | *[[D. M. Merritt]] | ||
+ | *[[A. C. Berry]] | ||
+ | *[[E. H. Sweat]] | ||
+ | ====[[Escambia County District 5|District 5]]==== | ||
+ | *[[J. T. Fillingim]] | ||
+ | *[[J. R. Steward]] | ||
+ | *[[Ernest Ward]] | ||
+ | ===Justice of the Peace, Escambia=== | ||
+ | *[[R. L. Nichelsen]] | ||
+ | ===Constable, 2nd District=== | ||
+ | *[[William M. Ray]] | ||
+ | *[[M. J. Murphy]] | ||
+ | *[[C. P. Bobe]] | ||
+ | *[[Arthur Fillingim]] | ||
+ | ===[[Escambia County Supervisor of Elections|Escambia County Supervisor of Registration]]=== | ||
+ | *[[A. H. Clopton]] | ||
+ | *[[R. M. Merritt]] | ||
+ | *[[Joe E. Maura, Jr.]] | ||
+ | *[[J. D. Goss]] | ||
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