| Ossian Bingley Hart | |
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10th Governor of Florida
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| In office January 7, 1873 – March 18, 1874 |
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| Preceded by | Harrison Reed |
| Succeeded by | Marcellus Stearns |
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| Born | January 17, 1821 Jacksonvile, Florida |
| Died | March 18, 1874 Jacksonville, Florida |
| Political party | Republican |
Ossian Bingley Hart (January 17, 1821 – March 18, 1874) was the tenth governor of the U.S. state of Florida, and the first governor of Florida who was born in the state. List of Governors Military governor Spanish Florida was acquired from Spain in the Adams-Onís Treaty, which took effect July 10 Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Harrison Reed (1813-1899 was the ninth governor of Florida. Reed was born in Littleton Massachusetts on August 26, 1813. Marcellus Lovejoy Stearns (1839-1891 was an American politician. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common List of Governors Military governor Spanish Florida was acquired from Spain in the Adams-Onís Treaty, which took effect July 10 A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the Born in Jacksonville to Isaiah Hart, one of the city's founders, he was raised on his father's plantation along the St. Johns River. Isaiah David Hart ( November 6, 1792 &ndash 1861) was a Georgia plantation owner and the founder of Jacksonville Florida. The St Johns River (officially Saint Johns River, but commonly spelled St He was lawyer in Jacksonville. He moved to a farm near Fort Pierce in 1843. in the 1845, became Florida State Representative for St. Lucie County. In 1846 he moved to Key West where he resumed his law practice. In 1856, he moved to Tampa.
Despite his upbringing, Hart was a Republican and openly opposed secession from the United States, causing some difficult times for him during the American Civil War. Secession (derived from the Latin term secessio is the act of withdrawing from an organization union or especially a political entity The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Following the war, he helped reestablish the governments of the state and of the city of Jacksonville. In 1868, he was appointed a justice of the Florida Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of the State of Florida is the State supreme court of Florida. In 1870, he ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Congress, only to be elected governor two years later on January 7, 1873. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He appointed Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs as Florida's first African American Superintendent of Public Instruction. Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs II ( September 28, 1821 - August 14, 1874) was a Presbyterian minister and a prominent African-American African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Following the campaign, he fell ill with pneumonia and died in Jacksonville. He was succeeded by lieutenant governor Marcellus Stearns, Florida's last Republican governor until 1967. Marcellus Lovejoy Stearns (1839-1891 was an American politician.
References
- Official Governor's portrait and biography from the State of Florida
- Brown, Canter, Jr. Ossian Bingley Hart: Florida's Loyalist Reconstruction Governor. Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1997.
- Morris, Allen and Joan Perry Morris, compilers. The Florida Handbook 2007-2008 31st Biennial Edition. Page 313-4. Peninsula Publishing. Tallahassee. 2007. ISBN 978-0-9765846-1-2 Softcover ISBN 978-0-9765846-2-9 Hardcover.
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| Preceded by Harrison Reed |
Governor of Florida January 7, 1873 to March 18, 1874 |
Succeeded by Marcellus L. Sterns |
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