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1908
,lots of candidates for offices ... is this overkill?
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==Notable events==
*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]].
*[[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]].
==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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