John Gill Shorter
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John Gill Shorter was an American politician, lawyer, and slaveowner who served as the 17th governor of Alabama from 1861 to 1863 during the American Civil War. Before assuming the governorship, Shorter was a Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from February 1861 to December 1861.
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United StatesCategory
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1818 to 1872 · aged 54
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