In 1822, President Monroe appointed William Pope Duval and to serve as Florida's territorial governor. Taking over from General Andrew Jackson's time as Florida's first military governor. Governor Duvall established Florida's permanent seat of government in Tallahassee in 1824. People say, why, why is the Capitol in Tallahassee? Well, there wasn't very many people down this way back then. Right. So it was all in kind of the normal, the northern part. (18:37–18:44)
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Asserts that Tallahassee was established as Florida's permanent seat of government in 1824.
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