John Gill Shorter (April 23, 1818 – May 29, 1872) was an American politician who served as the
17th Governor of Alabama from 1861 to 1863. Prior to assuming the governorship, Shorter was a Deputy from
Alabama
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to the
Provisional Congress of the Confederate States
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from February 1861 to December 1861.
Biography
John Gill Shorter was born on April 23, 1818, in
Monticello, Georgia
Monticello is the largest city and the county seat of Jasper County, Georgia, United States. The city includes historic buildings such as the Jasper County Courthouse, Monticello High School and the Monticello Historic District. The populati ...
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[McKiven, Henry R. Jr. (November 22, 2010)]
John Gill Shorter (1861-63)
. ''Encyclopedia of Alabama'' - accessed February 18, 2011 History records him as a member of the planter class and an ardent secessionist. During his term of office Shorter sent state troops to
Randolph and other counties to put down resistance to the war effort. In the 1863 election he was defeated by
Thomas H. Watts
Thomas Hill Watts Sr. (January 3, 1819September 16, 1892) was the 18th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1863 to 1865, during the Civil War.
Early life
Watts was born at Pine Flat in the Alabama Territory on January 3, 1819, the olde ...
by three votes to one.
Shorter died on May 29, 1872, in
Eufaula, Alabama
Eufaula is the largest city in Barbour County, Alabama, Barbour County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census the city's population was 13,137.
History
The site along the Chattahoochee River that is now moder ...
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References
Further reading
''History of the University of Georgia'', Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca. 1949 p.392
External links
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1818 births
1872 deaths
19th-century American politicians
Alabama lawyers
Burials in Alabama
Confederate States of America state governors
Democratic Party governors of Alabama
Deputies and delegates to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States
People from Monticello, Georgia
People of Alabama in the American Civil War
People from Eufaula, Alabama
Signers of the Confederate States Constitution
Signers of the Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States
University of Georgia alumni
19th-century American lawyers
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