John Gill Shorter (April 23, 1818 – May 29, 1872) is an American politician who served as the 17th Governor of Alabama from 1861 to 1863. Prior to 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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23 April 1818 Monticello, Georgia
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Died |
29 May 1872 (aged 54) Eufaula, Alabama, U.S.
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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