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{{Infobox Politician
| subject_name =Jackson Morton
| image_name =JacksonMorton.jpg
| image_size =180px
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| office =[[United States Senate|United States Senator]]
| district =Florida Class 3
| in_office =[[1849]]-[[1855]]
| office_2 =Representative to the Provisional Confederate Congress
| district_2 =Florida
| in_office_2 =[[1861]]
| date_of_birth =[[August 10]], [[1794]]
| place_of_birth =Fredericksburg, Virginia
| date_of_death =[[November 20]], [[1874]]
| place_of_death =
| occupation =
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{{wikipedia}}
'''Jackson Morton''' ([[1794]]-[[1874]]) was an [[Antebellum period|antebellum]] [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from Florida and then a member of the Congress of the [[Confederate States]] during the [[Civil War]].
==Early life==
Morton was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He was the brother of [[Wikipedia:Jeremiah Morton|Jeremiah Morton]], a U.S. Representative from Virginia. Jackson Morton graduated from Washington College (now [[Wikipedia:Washington and Lee University|Washington and Lee University]]) of Lexington, Virginia, in 1814 and from the [[Wikipedia:College of William and Mary|College of William and Mary]] in Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1815. Morton moved to Pensacola, 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 [[Navy agent]] in Pensacola from [[1841]] to [[1845]]. In [[1848]], he was a presidential elector on the [[Wikipedia:Whig Party (United States)|Whig Party]] ticket.
Morton was elected to the U.S. Senate in [[1848]]. He took office on [[March 4]], [[1849]] and served until [[March 3]], [[1855]], not having been 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<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.civilwarhome.com/Florida1.htm Florida In The Civil War, Chapter 1<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. Morton and [[Wikipedia:George Taliaferro Ward|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<ref>[http://www.coolchange.net/archives/january.htm Freedom First<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. 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 [[Wikipedia:Provisional Confederate States Constitution|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 [[Wikipedia:Provisional Confederate Congress|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 [[Wikipedia:Confederate States Constitution|Confederate States Constitution]]<ref name=autogenerated1 />. 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]], on [[November 22]], [[1874]]. Morton was interred there in a private cemetery.
==References==
{{refbegin}}
*Brian R. Rucker. ''Jackson Morton: West Florida's Soldier, Senator, and Secessionist''. Patagonia Pr, 1990.
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001015 Jackson Morton] Congressional biography
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morton.html#R9M0J7HBC PoliticalGraveyard.com]
*[http://www.civilwarhome.com/Florida1.htm CivilWarHome.com]
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[[Category:United States Senators|Morton, Jackson]]
| subject_name =Jackson Morton
| image_name =JacksonMorton.jpg
| image_size =180px
| image_caption =
| office =[[United States Senate|United States Senator]]
| district =Florida Class 3
| in_office =[[1849]]-[[1855]]
| office_2 =Representative to the Provisional Confederate Congress
| district_2 =Florida
| in_office_2 =[[1861]]
| date_of_birth =[[August 10]], [[1794]]
| place_of_birth =Fredericksburg, Virginia
| date_of_death =[[November 20]], [[1874]]
| place_of_death =
| occupation =
| religion =
| spouse =
| parents =
| children =
| signature =
| signaturesize =
}}
{{wikipedia}}
'''Jackson Morton''' ([[1794]]-[[1874]]) was an [[Antebellum period|antebellum]] [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from Florida and then a member of the Congress of the [[Confederate States]] during the [[Civil War]].
==Early life==
Morton was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He was the brother of [[Wikipedia:Jeremiah Morton|Jeremiah Morton]], a U.S. Representative from Virginia. Jackson Morton graduated from Washington College (now [[Wikipedia:Washington and Lee University|Washington and Lee University]]) of Lexington, Virginia, in 1814 and from the [[Wikipedia:College of William and Mary|College of William and Mary]] in Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1815. Morton moved to Pensacola, 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 [[Navy agent]] in Pensacola from [[1841]] to [[1845]]. In [[1848]], he was a presidential elector on the [[Wikipedia:Whig Party (United States)|Whig Party]] ticket.
Morton was elected to the U.S. Senate in [[1848]]. He took office on [[March 4]], [[1849]] and served until [[March 3]], [[1855]], not having been 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<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.civilwarhome.com/Florida1.htm Florida In The Civil War, Chapter 1<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. Morton and [[Wikipedia:George Taliaferro Ward|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<ref>[http://www.coolchange.net/archives/january.htm Freedom First<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. 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 [[Wikipedia:Provisional Confederate States Constitution|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 [[Wikipedia:Provisional Confederate Congress|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 [[Wikipedia:Confederate States Constitution|Confederate States Constitution]]<ref name=autogenerated1 />. 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]], on [[November 22]], [[1874]]. Morton was interred there in a private cemetery.
==References==
{{refbegin}}
*Brian R. Rucker. ''Jackson Morton: West Florida's Soldier, Senator, and Secessionist''. Patagonia Pr, 1990.
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001015 Jackson Morton] Congressional biography
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morton.html#R9M0J7HBC PoliticalGraveyard.com]
*[http://www.civilwarhome.com/Florida1.htm CivilWarHome.com]
{[refend}}
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[[Category:United States Senators|Morton, Jackson]]
