The governor in 1911, DeSoto County native Albert Gilchrist,[REF] was supportive of a plan to create five new judicial circuits, in which Polk County would be part of the Eleventh Circuit along with Orange and Osceola Counties while DeSoto, Manatee, and Lee Counties would form the Twelfth Circuit [REF].
Manatee County was removed from the Tenth Judicial Circuit in 1915 and Lee County was removed in 1919 [REF].