George J. Alden (fl. 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.Joe Crankshaw, "Tales From Old Florida: A publisher who faced the heat as governor", The Miami Herald (April 20, 1998), p. 17. 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, an African American.
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