State Governors incoming correspondence, 1857-1888.

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State Governors incoming correspondence, 1857-1888.

The series contains the official incoming correspondence of Florida's governors from 1857-1888. The records reflect the official, constitutional, and political duties of the Office of Governor. The series includes the incoming correspondence of Governors Madison S. Perry (1857-1861); John Milton (1861-1865); David S. Walker (1865-1868); Harrison Reed (1868-1873); Ossian B. Hart (1873-1874); M. L. Stearns (1874-1877); George F. Drew (1877-1881); William D. Bloxham (1881-1885); and Edward A. Perry (1885-1889). The series also contains the records of William H. Gleason (1868), who proclaimed himself Governor during the fist impeachment attempt against Harrison Reed, and Samuel T. Day (1872), who served as ipso facto governor during the second impeachment attempt against Reed.

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Florida. Governor (1877-1881 : Drew)

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Perry, Edward Aylsworth, 1831-1889.

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Florida. Governor (1881-1885 : Bloxham)

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William Dunnington Bloxham was born in Leon County, Florida on July 9, 1835. He attended William and Mary College graduating in 1855 with a law degree. In 1860 Bloxham was elected as a member of the State Legislature. He entered the Army shortly afterwards and became Captain of a Leon County Company, but never saw active service. In 1870 he ran for, and was elected to, the vacated post of Lieutenant Governor, but the State Canvassing Board ruled his election invalid. He served as a ...

Drew, George Franklin, 1827-1900.

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Florida. Governor (1865-1868 : Walker)

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Florida. Governor (1861-1865 : Milton)

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Governor, Lawyer, Congressman. John Milton was born near Louisville, Ga., on April 20, 1807. A descendant of the English poet John Milton, he practiced law, first in a number of Georgia and Alabama communities and later in New Orleans. Before coming to Florida in 1846, Milton allegedly killed an adversary in a duel. After entering Florida politics, Milton became a statewide force in the Democratic party, serving as a presidential elector in 1848 and as a member of the 18...

Florida. Governor (1874-1877 : Stearns)

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Gleason, William Henry, 1829-1902

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Engineer, businessman, land speculator, lawyer, Lt. Governor, legislator. Lt. Gov. Gleason was removed from office by the governor in 1870 for offering to split a fee on a land deal with the governor. The governor refused and removed the Lt. Governor. Gleason wanted to buy land for pennies on the dollar using government bonds and then reselling the land at a higher but reduced cost but not repaying the bonds. After being removed from office Gleason was appoin...

Hart, Ossian Bingley, -1874

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Florida. Governor (1857-1861 : Perry)

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Attorney, General, C.S.A., Governor. Edward Perry attended Yale University, but left in 1852 before receiving a degree; taught school and studied law in Georgia and Alabama; and was admitted to the bar in Montgomery, Ala. in 1857. He moved to Pensacola where he practiced law and held various local offices. He entered the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the war as the Captain of the Pensacola Rifle Rangers. In May 1862 Perry was made Colonel of the Second ...

Florida. Governor

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The series covers the terms of early twentieth century Governors Albert W. Gilchrist (1909-1913); Park Trammell (1913-1917); Sidney J. Catts (1917-1921); Sidney J. Catts (1917-1921); Cary A. Hardee (1921-1925), and John W. Martin (1925-1929). From the description of State Governors correspondence, 1909-1925. (Florida State Archive). WorldCat record id: 32414194 In 1821, Florida became a territory of the United States and, as such, had its governors appointed by the President...

Stearns, Marcellus Lovejoy, 1839-1891

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Reed, Harrison, 1813-1899

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Florida. Governor (1868-1873 : Reed)

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Bloxham, William Dunnington, 1835-1911

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William Dunnington Bloxham was born in Leon County, Florida on July 9, 1835. He attended William and Mary College, graduating in 1855 with a law degree. In 1860 Bloxham was elected as a member of the State Legislature. He entered the Army shortly afterwards and became Captain of a Leon County Company, but never saw active service. In 1870 he ran for, and was elected to, the vacated post of Lieutenant Governor, but the State Canvassing Board ruled his election invalid. He served as a...

Florida. Governor (1857-1861 : Perry)

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Attorney, General, C.S.A., Governor. Edward Perry attended Yale University, but left in 1852 before receiving a degree; taught school and studied law in Georgia and Alabama; and was admitted to the bar in Montgomery, Ala. in 1857. He moved to Pensacola where he practiced law and held various local offices. He entered the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the war as the Captain of the Pensacola Rifle Rangers. In May 1862 Perry was made Colonel of the Second ...

Walker, David Shelby, 1815-1891.

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Perry, Madison Starke, 1814-1865

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Governor, Plantation owner. Madison Perry was born in Prince William Parrish, S.C. in 1814. He came to Florida in the 1830s and became a leader among the area's plantation owners. As governor, Perry helped bring about the settlement of a long-standing boundary dispute with Georgia and encouraged the building of railways. During the years before the Civil War, Governor Perry foresaw the possibility that Florida might secede from the Union, and in 1858 urged the reestablis...

Florida. Governor (1873-1874 : Hart)

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Milton, John, 1807-1865

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Governor of Florida; as governor he developed a very active state militia and stressed Florida's ability to serve as an important source of food and salt for the Confederate forces; collapse of the Southern cause was followed by his death, April 1,1865 by a self-inflected gunshot wound at his family home Sylvania, near Marianna, Fla. From the description of John Milton letter book and correspondence, 1861-1863. (Florida Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 499152526 John...

Day, Samuel T.

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