Municipal elections, 1908

The following were candidates for election to municipal offices in 1908. All candidates were affiliated with the Democratic Party, meaning many races were decided by the May 19 primary. The general election was held November 3. Incumbents are denoted with (i).

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State offices

Florida House of Representatives

●DEM	John P. Stokes	1,556	27%
●DEM	C. L. Wiggins	1,460	25%
●DEM	John Burns	1,184	20.5%
●DEM	C. F. Schad	965	16%
●DEM	E. G. Creighton	318	5.5%
●DEM	Charles H. Hill	280	5%

Escambia County and Pensacola City Offices

Escambia County Sheriff

●DEM	James C. Van Pelt (i)	1,872	57%
●DEM	Frank D. Sanders	836	26%
●DEM	A. Cary Ellis	412	13%
●DEM	W. H. Kilbee	140	4%

Escambia County Clerk of the Circuit Court

●DEM	Angus M. McMillan	1,216	38%
●DEM	Jason Macgibbon	909	28%
●DEM	L. S. Brown	799	25%
●DEM	Frank Johnson	285	9%

Escambia County Tax Collector

●DEM	J. S. Roberts (i)	2,441	78%
●DEM	A. H. D'Alemberte	693	22%

Escambia County Tax Assessor

●DEM	W. W. Richards	2,139	100%

Escambia County Treasurer

●DEM	J. Ed Williams	1,755	54%
●DEM	W. M. J. Scott	1,017	31%
●DEM	C. M. Wilson	499	15%

Escambia County Judge

●DEM	Henry Bellinger	1,528	52%
●DEM	William Edward Anderson	1,427	48%

Escambia County Judge of the Criminal Court of Record

●DEM	Elmore Dixie Beggs, Sr.	1,646	53%
●DEM	John Campbell Avery, Jr.	1,436	47%

Escambia County Solicitor

●DEM	Scott M. Loftin	1,873	59%
●DEM	William A. Blount, Jr.	1,291	41%

Escambia County Clerk of the Criminal Court of Record

●DEM	John L. Pinney	2,126	100%

Escambia County Superintendent of Public Instruction

●DEM	N. B. Cook	1,490	47%
●DEM	Clifford J. Bell	950	30%
●DEM	Clyde E. Wilson	735	23%

Escambia County Supervisor of Registration

●DEM	J. D. Goss	1,540	52%
●DEM	Joe E. Maura, Jr.	567	19%
●DEM	R. M. Merritt	480	16%
●DEM	A. H. Clopton	384	13%

Escambia County Surveyor

●DEM	Stephen Lee	1,464	58%
●DEM	W. C. Beck	1,048	42%

Pensacola Harbor Master

●DEM	J. Ed Abercrombie	1,809	57.5%
●DEM	Alex Zelius	710	22.5%
●DEM	Frank A. Boghich	621	20%

Escambia County School Board

School Board, District 1

●DEM	John H. Kohler	1,561	100%

School Board, District 2

●DEM	Frank E. Brawner	1,393	100%

School Board, District 3

●DEM	J. W. Creary	736	40.4%
●DEM	W. M. Agerton	722	39.6%
●DEM	W. T. Coleman	365	20%

Escambia County Commission

District 1

●DEM	Neils McKenzie Oerting	430	100%

District 2

●DEM	Joseph Brown	419	59.3%
●DEM	John A. Merritt	287	40.7%

District 3

●DEM	George H. Davis	197	63.8%
●DEM	J. Fisher	112	36.2%

District 4

●DEM	John A. Wiggins	210	29.8%
●DEM	D. J. McQuarrie	122	17.3%
●DEM	D. M. Merritt	114	16.2%
●DEM	A. C. Berry	102	14.5%
●DEM	John Gates	79	11.2%
●DEM	E. H. Sweat	78	11.0%

District 5

●DEM	J. R. Steward	251	50.4%
●DEM	Ernest Ward	152	30.5%
●DEM	J. T. Fillingim	95	19.1%

Justice of the Peace, Escambia

• R. L. Nickelsen

Constable, 2nd District

• William M. Ray
• M. J. Murphy
• C. T. Bobe
• Arthur Fillingim

References

• "New County Officials Take Respective Offices Today." Pensacola Journal, January 5, 1909.