John Gill Shorter
John Gill Shorter (April 23, 1818 – May 29, 1872) was the 17th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1861 to 1863, during the Civil War.
Shorter, an attorney, was born in 1818 in Monticello, Georgia and died in 1872 in Eufaula, Alabama.
References
- McKiven, Henry R. Jr. (November 22, 2010) "John Gill Shorter (1861-63)". Encyclopedia of Alabama - accessed February 18, 2011
- History of the University of Georgia, Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca. 1949 p.392
External links
- "John Gill Shorter". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
| Confederate States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by none |
Representative to the Provisional Confederate Congress from Alabama 1861 |
Succeeded by none |
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| Preceded by Andrew B. Moore |
Governor of Alabama 1861–1863 |
Succeeded by Thomas H. Watts |
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