The winning candidate would serve a two-year term in the Confederate States House of Representatives from February 18, 1862, to February 17, 1864.

[1][2] Florida seceded from the Union on January 10, 1861, and joined the Confederate States of America.

The state appointed five delegates to the Provisional Confederate Congress, to serve in interim until the Congress first convened on February 18, 1862.

[3] Dawkins resigned from Congress on December 9, 1862, following his appointment to a state court by Governor John Milton.

The special election to replace him was won by John Marshall Martin.