John Gill Shorter

American politician (1818-1872) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 54

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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