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Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 ... Jackson briefly served as Florida's first territorial governor before returning to the Senate. He ran for president in 1824.
Spanish Florida was acquired from Spain in the Adams–Onís Treaty, which took effect July 10, 1821. [1] Parts of West Florida had already been assigned to Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi; the remainder and East Florida were governed by a military commissioner with the powers of governor until the territory was organized and incorporated.
William Pope Duval (September 4, 1784 – March 19, 1854) was the first civilian governor of the Florida Territory, succeeding Andrew Jackson, who had been a military governor. In his twelve-year governorship, from 1822 to 1834, he divided Florida into four territories, established the local court system, and chose Tallahassee as the territory ...
20 presidents previously served as governors; 17 presidents were state governors; [2] 9 were governors immediately before election as presidents. Two, William Henry Harrison and William Howard Taft, served as territorial governors. One, Andrew Jackson, served as a military governor of a territory (Florida) before it became a state.
Andrew Jackson served as the federal military commissioner with the powers of governor of the newly acquired territory, from March 10 through December 1821. On March 30, 1822, the United States merged East Florida and part of what formerly constituted West Florida into the Florida Territory. [ 10 ]
First president to fill the entire body of the United States federal judges; including the Supreme Court. [11] First president to deliver a State of the Union address (1790). [12] First president to have a first lady older in age. [c] [13] First president to command a standing field army while in office (during the Whiskey Rebellion). [14]
First sitting senator elected to the presidency Pennsylvania: James Buchanan: 1834–1845 Tennessee: Andrew Jackson: 1797–1798 1823–1825 Andrew Johnson: 1857–1862 1875 Only former president in the Senate Texas: Lyndon B. Johnson: 1949–1961 Senate minority leader 1953–1955 Senate majority leader 1955–1961 Resigned to become vice ...
A bust of Andrew Jackson at the Plaza Ferdinand VII, where Jackson was sworn in as governor. In 1825, the area for the Pensacola Navy Yard was designated and Congress appropriated $6,000 for a lighthouse. In 1827 settlers established the first permanent Protestant congregation (First United Methodist Church).