| 词条 | John Gill Shorter |
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|name = John Gill Shorter |image = John Gill Shorter.jpg |order = 18th |office = Governor of Alabama |term_start = December 2, 1861 |term_end = December 1, 1863 |predecessor = Andrew B. Moore |successor = Thomas H. Watts | office1 = Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States | term_start1 = February 4, 1861 | term_end1 = December 2, 1861 | predecessor1= New constituency | successor1 = Constituency abolished |birth_date = April 23, 1818 |birth_place = Monticello, Georgia, U.S. |death_date = May 29, 1872 (aged 54) |death_place = Eufaula, Alabama, U.S. }} John Gill Shorter (April 23, 1818 – May 29, 1872) is 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 to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from February 1861 to December 1861. BiographyJohn Gill Shorter was born on April 23, 1818, in Monticello, Georgia.[1] 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 by three votes to one.[2] Shorter died on May 29, 1872, in Eufaula, Alabama.[1] See also
References1. ^1 McKiven, Henry R. Jr. (November 22, 2010) "John Gill Shorter (1861-63)". Encyclopedia of Alabama - accessed February 18, 2011 2. ^{{cite book|last1=Flynt|first1=Wayne|title=Poor But Proud|date=February 5, 2016|publisher=University of Alabama Press|location=1222|accessdate=27 July 2017}} Further reading
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