Under military authority the State was divided into nineteen election districts, which were so arranged as to have the counties where the white population predominated attached to the counties having large colored majorities. There was but one polling place in each county, which necessitated the continuing the election for three days. The election was held on the 14th, 15th and 16th of November, 1867, under the formal supervision of the military. The question submitted was, For a Convention, or, Against a Convention; and for delagates to the convention in case a majority of the votes cast were for the Constitution. Twenty-seven thousand one hundred and seventy-two registered voters were returned by the registering officers, of whom fourteen thousand five hundred and three were returned as having voted for a Constitution. All the districts returned delegates, and a full convention, forty-six in number, were elected. The following is a list of the delegates, as returned by military general orders No. no:

Eighteenth District—Monroe—Eldridge L. Ware.

Source:  Carpet Bag Rule in Florida, by John Wallace, Published Jacksonville Florida, 1888, pages 49 and 50