Zebulon Elijah (1836 or 1838 - 1910) became a state legislator and government official in Florida after having been enslaved. He was born in
Santa Rosa County, Florida
Santa Rosa County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2020, the population was 188,000. The county seat is Milton, which lies in the geographic center of the county. Other major communities withi ...
. Elijah served in the
Florida House of Representatives
The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida Senate being the upper house. Article III, Section 1 of the C ...
from 1871 to 1873 representing
Escambia County. He later became a postmaster in
Pensacola
Pensacola ( ) is a city in the Florida panhandle in the United States. It is the county seat and only city in Escambia County. The population was 54,312 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Pensacola metropolitan area, which ha ...
from 1874 to 1878 and a tax assessor in Pensacola from 1881 to 1882. He resigned from the legislature after the passage of a Federal law prohibiting federally appointed officials from also holding state or municipal offices.
George E. Wentworth also served as postmaster in Pensacola.
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Year of birth uncertain
1910 deaths
American former slaves
Members of the Florida House of Representatives
African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era
African-American state legislators in Florida
People from Santa Rosa County, Florida
Politicians from Pensacola, Florida
Florida postmasters
1830s births
20th-century African-American politicians
19th-century members of the Florida Legislature
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