Editing 1908

{{date|1907|1909}}

==Statistics<ref>"Stamp Sales Reflect Growth and Prosperity of Pensacola." ''Pensacola Journal'', January 3, 1909.</ref>==
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*Births:<ref name="dec07nov08">Figures were released in January 1909 and covered December 1907 through November 1908, inclusive. Please replace with full 1908 figures if available.</ref> 627
**White males: 179
**White females: 175
**Colored males: 133
**Colored females: 120
**Creole males: 2
**Creole females: 10
*Deaths:<ref name="dec07nov08"/> 428
**White males: 111
**White females: 84
**Colored males: 108
**Colored females: 115
**Creole males: 5
**Creole females: 4
*Marriage licenses: 526
*Suits filed in [[circuit court]]: 587
*Exports: $18,680,125
*Building permits:
**Within fire limits: 9 brick, 4 iron
**Outside fire limits: 428 wooden buildings
**Total (including repair permits): 1,028
**Total cost of finished new buildings: $251,870
**Total cost of finished repair work: $18,849
*Fire losses:<ref name="dec07nov08" />
**Buildings destroyed by fire: 37 (19 within reach of water)
**Buildings damaged by fire: 62
**Losses covered by insurance: $56,594.98
**153 new alarms installed (38 box, 105 telephone, 10 still)
*Stamp sales: $61,272.21
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==Events==
*[[April 5]] &ndash; Streetcar operators of the [[Pensacola Electric Company]] [[1908 streetcar operators' strike|go on strike]].
*[[April 11]] &ndash; National Guard troops are ordered into Pensacola to protect [[1908 streetcar operators' strike|strikebreakers]] and restore order.
*[[May 13]] &ndash; [[1908 streetcar operators' strike|Streetcar operators' strike]] ends.
*[[July 29]] &ndash; [[Leander Shaw]] is hanged by a lynch-mob in [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]] for the rape and murder of [[Lillie Davis]].
*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]].

==Deaths==
*[[August 9]] &ndash; [[Emma Lucy Varner Sanders]]

==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]]
===Escambia County Surveyor===
*[[W. C. Beck]]

==References & notes==
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