FIRST -- Election and Government in Montgomery, Montgomery AL
N 32° 22.667 W 086° 18.214
16S E 565511 N 3582524
This state historic marker preserves early Montgomery history
Waymark Code: WMWFBC
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2017
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This state historical marker is located on Dexter Avenue west of the Montgomery State Capitol in front of the Alabama State Bar Association headquarters.
The marker reads as follows:
"MONTGOMERY'S FIRST ELECTION
January 3, 1820
At this site, in Jonathan Coggswell Farley's store, an election was held to establish Montgomery's first government. The Alabama General Assembly, meeting in the capital at Huntsville, approved an act on December 3, 1819 to combine the communities of New Philadelphia and East Alabama into the new town of Montgomery. Named in the act to conduct and manage the election were Jonathan C. Farley, Walter B. Lucas, Ebenezer D. Washburn and Andrew Dexter.
Elected to the first town council were Nimrod E. Benson, William Graham, Clement Freeney, Ebenezer D. Washburn, John Goldthwaite, Rhodes L. Smith and Daniel Carpenter. They chose Graham as the first intendant (mayor).
Walter B. Lucas proposed that the new town be named for Gen. Richard Montgomery, the Revolutionary War hero.
Alabama Historical Association 2000"
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/03/1820
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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