John Gill Shorter

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Former Governor of Alabama

John Gill Shorter was an American politician who served as the 17th Governor of Alabama from 1861 to 1863. Before assuming the governorship, Shorter was a Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from February 1861... Wikipedia

Born: April 23, 1818, Monticello, GA

Died: May 29, 1872 (age 54 years), Eufaula, AL

Books: Message of Gov. John Gill Shorter, to the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, at the Called Session: Begun and Held on the Twenty-seventh October, 1862

Party: Democratic Party

Previous office: Governor of Alabama (1861–1863)

Education: University of Georgia