George J. Alden (

fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

1860s) was a Florida state senator who became the Florida Secretary of State in 1868. He was involved in a dispute over who was governor when efforts were made to replace Harrison Reed. One account described Alden as "a controversial debt ridden secretary of state... who absconded to Jacksonville with the Great Seal of Florida and used it to try to help Osborn try to impeach Gov. Reed".Emmett Peter, "A Century Later: What's New?", ''The Orlando Sentinel'' (November 8, 1970), p. 14-B. He was subsequently ousted from office and succeeded by

Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, II (September 28, 1821 – August 14, 1874) was an American Presbyterian minister who served as Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction of Florida, and along with Josiah Thomas Walls, U.S. Congres ...

, an African American.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alden, George J. Year of birth unknown 19th-century American legislators Year of death unknown Florida state senators Secretaries of state of Florida 19th-century Florida politicians