Jackson Morton

Jackson Morton ( born August 10, 1794 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, † November 20, 1874 in Milton, Florida ) was an American politician and U.S. Senator of the State of Florida.

Early years

Morton graduated in 1814 at Washington College (now Washington and Lee University ) in Lexington and 1815 at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. In 1820 he moved to Pensacola, Florida and was active there in the lumber business.

American Government

Morton was in 1836 a member of the Florida Territorial Legislative Council and was its president in 1837. In the following year, 1838, he was a delegate in the federal constitutional convention in part with respect to Florida's first constitution. In addition, Morton was 1841-1845 Agent of the U.S. Navy in Pensacola. He also joined in 1848 as an elector for the Whig party on.

Morton was in 1848 elected to the U.S. Senate. There he served from 1849 to 1855, where he would not be up for another re-election. After his term in the Senate he resumed his activity in the lumber business again.

Confederate Government

As tensions and thereby the division regarding the slavery issue between the northern and southern United States grew, Morton was active in the formation of the Confederate States. On November 30, 1860, he was elected as a delegate in Florida's secession convention, which met in Tallahassee. There he represented the Santa Rosa County. At the beginning of the next year, on January 7, 1861, Morton was elected to a twelve comprehensive committee that was to prepare the spin-off available. Morton and George Taliaferro Ward tried to modify the injunction so that Florida would not secede rather than to the states of Georgia and Alabama had split off, so that a widespread confirmation would be done. However, they were overruled on January 8, 1861, and the disposal was by one vote by. Morton voted in favor of secession, and on January 10, 1861 Florida was a vote of 62 to 7, the third State which left the United States.

On January 17, 1861 Morton was appointed as a deputy to the Convention of Montgomery, Alabama. This Convention was concerned with the establishment of a provisional Konföderiertenregierung. On February 4, 1861, met the deputies and drafted the provisional constitution of the Confederate States, which was four days later signed by Morton and the other deputies. The deputies of this Convention were the provisional Konföderiertenkongress. Morton held for the duration of the provisional Congress and in the following month, where the provisional constitution followed, which he also signed his office at.

Jackson Morton returned to Santa Rosa County and died on November 22, 1874 in his home, " Mortonia ", near Milton. Morton was buried there in a private cemetery.

Family

His brother Jeremiah Morton, who was born in Fredericksburg, was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the state of Virginia.

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