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| birth_place = [[Spotsylvania County, Virginia|Spotsylvania County]], [[Virginia]] |
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| death_place = [[Santa Rosa County, Florida|Santa Rosa County]], [[Florida]] |
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| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list| [[Washington and Lee University|Washington College]] | [[College of William & Mary|College of William and Mary]]}} |
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Revision as of 01:40, 11 December 2015
Jackson Morton | |
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Member of the Provisional C.S. Congress from Florida | |
In office February 8, 1861 – February 17, 1862 Serving with
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Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
United States Senator from Florida | |
In office March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1855 Serving with
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Preceded by | James Westcott |
Succeeded by | David Yulee |
Personal details | |
Born | Spotsylvania County, Virginia | August 10, 1794
Died | November 20, 1874 Santa Rosa County, Florida | (aged 80)
Resting place | Morton Cemetery, Santa Rosa County, Florida |
Political party | Whig |
Alma mater | |
Jackson Morton (August 10, 1794 – November 20, 1874) was an American politician. He served as a member of the Provisional C.S. Congress from Florida, 1861 to 1862, and U.S. Senator from Florida, 1849 to 1855.
Early life
Morton was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He was the brother of Jeremiah Morton, a U.S. Representative from Virginia. Jackson Morton graduated from Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) of Lexington, Virginia, in 1814 and from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1815. Morton moved to Pensacola, Florida, in 1820 and engaged in the lumber business.
U.S. government
In 1836, Morton became a member of the Florida Territorial Legislative Council and served as its president in 1837. In 1838, he was a delegate to the state constitutional convention for the first Florida Constitution. Morton was a United States Navy agent in Pensacola from 1841 to 1845. In 1848, he was a presidential elector on the Whig Party ticket.
Morton was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1848. He served in the Senate from 1849 to 1855 and was not a candidate for reelection. Morton resumed activity in the lumber business after his senate service.
Confederate government
As the slavery division grew between northern and southern United States, Morton became active in the development of the Confederacy. On November 30, 1860, he was chosen to represent Santa Rosa County as a delegate of the Florida Secession Convention in Tallahassee. On January 7, 1861, Morton was appointed to be part of a twelve-person committee to prepare an Ordinance of Secession for Florida.[1] Morton and George Taliaferro Ward attempted to have the ordinance amended so that Florida would not secede until Georgia and Alabama seceded and so that popular ratification would be required. They were overruled on January 8, 1861, and the ordinance went to a vote as planned.[2] Morton voted in favor of secession and, on January 10, 1861, by a vote of 62-7, Florida became the third state to leave the United States.
On January 17, 1861, Morton was appointed to be a delegate to the Montgomery, Alabama, convention for constructing a provisional Confederate government. On February 4, 1861, the delegates met and drafted the Provisional Confederate States Constitution which was signed by Morton and the rest of the delegates four days later. The delegates at this convention became the Provisional Confederate Congress. Morton served for the duration of the provisional congress and, in the month following the provisional constitution, he also signed its successor, the Confederate States Constitution.[1] Morton and Augustus Maxwell were the only people to represent Florida in both the United States Congress and the Confederate Congress.
Jackson Morton returned to Santa Rosa County and died at his home, "Mortonia", near Milton, Florida, on November 22, 1874. Morton was interred there in a private cemetery.
See also
Notes
References
- Brian R. Rucker (1990), Jackson Morton: West Florida's Soldier, Senator, and Secessionist, Patagonia Pr ISBN 1-882695-00-3.
External links
- United States Congress. "Jackson Morton (id: M001015)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Jackson Morton at Find a Grave
- 1794 births
- 1874 deaths
- 19th-century American politicians
- College of William & Mary alumni
- Deputies and delegates of the Provisional Confederate Congress
- Florida Whigs
- Members of the Florida Territorial Legislature
- People from Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- People from Santa Rosa County, Florida
- People of Florida in the American Civil War
- Signers of the Confederate States Constitution
- Slave owners
- United States Senators from Florida
- Washington and Lee University alumni
- Whig Party United States Senators