George Willis Proctor (born c. 1848) was an American state legislator in Florida. An African American, he represented Jefferson County, Florida for one term in the 1883 legislature,[1][2] while his brother John E. Proctor served as a state senator.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.floridamemory.com/fmp/territorial-legislative/PeopleOfLawmaking.pdf
  2. ↑ Assembly Journal. Florida Legislature. 1883.
  3. ↑ "The Legistlature". The Weekly Floridian. January 2, 1883. p. 2. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  4. ↑ "John Proctor, Slave Who Became Legislator, Dies Here at 100". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. December 17, 1944. p. 22. Retrieved February 1, 2019. Free access icon
  5. ↑ Warner, Lee H. (December 14, 2021). Free Men in an Age of Servitude: Three Generations of a Black Family. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 95, 138. ISBN 978-0-8131-9511-7.
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