1826 Leon County Election Return

(From: Office of Secretary of State, Election Returns by County, 1824-1926, Series S 21)

Page 1 | Page 2

The first session of the Florida Legislative Council met in Tallahassee in November 1824 in a log cabin near the present-day capitol building. Reproduced below is one of the earliest surviving election returns for members of the territorial legislature. It documents an election held at Fort St. Marks in Leon (now Wakulla) County to elect a member to the Seventh District of the Legislative Council. The two candidates receiving votes in Precinct Fourwere William Wyatt and David Macomb (also spelled McComb or McCombe). Wyatt, who won the won the vote totals in the Fourth Precinct by a vote of 6-5, also won the overall election. Wyatt represented the Seventh District in the 1826, 1827, and 1827 sessions of the Legislative Council, and Leon County in the 1838 session. In addition, he was a member from Leon County of the 1838-1839 Constitutional Convention held at St Joseph.

A text version is included below the graphic image.

Page 1 | Page 2

NEW ON FLORIDA MEMORY
Alligators in the Backyard		A Guide to Civil War Records at the State Archives of Florida		Bluegrass and Old-Time String Band Music from the Florida Folklife Collection

The Florida Memory Project is funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Florida Department of State, State Library & Archives of Florida. Contact Us. Disclaimer. Florida’s history is your history. Help us preserve it by joining the Friends of the State Library & Archives of Florida.