George Walter Wetmore

George Walter Wetmore (December 10, 1848 – January 5, 1920) was a clerk, police officer, and postal carrier who served in the Florida House of Representatives in 1883 and 1885. He represented Duval County.[1] He married Bessie P. Alston, formerly of Cleveland.[1]

His post office was in Jacksonville.[2] He became a lawyer and was a leader against Jacksonville's ordinance segregating its streetcars.[3] He also became Deputy Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Union Grand Lodge of Florida, Prince Hall Affiliation.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Brown, Canter (December 4, 1998). Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867-1924. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817309152 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "General Acts and Resolutions Adopted by the Legislature of Florida". Office of the Floridian and Journal. December 4, 1883 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Ortiz, Paul (October 3, 2006). Emancipation Betrayed: The Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the Bloody Election of 1920. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520250031 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "George W Wetmore | Correcting the Record". www.correctingtherecord.com. Retrieved August 5, 2026.
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