[Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 2

[Nick Wynne]

TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY 
NOVEMBER 2   
     
1861 Captain G. W. Parkhill, an ardent opponent of secession, accepted an
appointment today in the Army of Northern Virginia.

1863 The following Florida units were on duty with the Confederate Army of
Tennessee which was engaged in siege operations around Chattanooga:

 Florida Marion Artillery 
 Florida 1st Cavalry Regiment 
 Florida 1st (Reorganized) Infantry Regiment 
 Florida 3rd Infantry Regiment 
 Florida 4th Infantry Regiment 
 Florida 6th Infantry Regiment 
 Florida 7th Infantry regiment

1869 A proposal that called for the annexation of Florida lands west of the
Apalachicola river into Alabama was approved by a nearly 2-1 margin of West
Florida voters.  This proposal, one of several similar propositions to be
offered in the state’s history, came to naught.  Even today there are
“secessionist” ideas that occasionally come to the public’s attention in the
Panhandle area.

1896 Seven thousand acres of Osceola County were purchased today for $94,500. 
The purchase of land was for the establishment of a “Shaker” community.

1948 Johnnie Wright of DeFuniak Springs was elected to the Florida State
Senate
on this date.  Wright, age 23 years and 7 months, was one of two members of 
the Senate at this young age.  The other state senator,  D. J. O’Grady of
Inverness, was 23 years and 3 months old when he was elected in 1967.

1982 Ileana Ros of Miami became the first Hispanic woman elected to the
Florida
Legislature.  Ms. Ros also added her name to the history of the Legislature
when she wed a fellow representative, Dexter Lehtinen, in 1984.  Ms.
Ros-Lehtinen is currently a member of the United States House of
Representative
from South Florida.