George W. Witherspoon

George W. Witherspoon was a politician in Florida. He campaigned for a seat in the U.S. Congress in 1880 and won the Republican Party nomination over Malachi Martin but lost the general election to a Democrat whose majority was attributed to fraud. In 1882 he won a seat in the Florida House of Representatives from Jefferson County, Florida.[1]

He lost election to the U.S. Congress from the 1st District to Robert H. M. Davidson in 1880.

References
  1. Brown, Canter (January 23, 1998). Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867-1924. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817309152 – via Google Books.
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