39adamstrand:John Milton was a failed preacher and turned to politics, where he was elected to the F
39adamstrand:John Milton was a failed preacher and turned to politics, where he was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1850. Milton was a strong (and early) supporter of the secession of Florida from the Union, and on 10 Jan. 1861, Florida became the 3rd state to secede from the United States.On 7 Oct. 1861, Milton became Governor of Florida. According to the Museum of Southern History, “No Southern governor surpassed, and few equaled, the devotion and service that John Milton rendered the Confederate States of America.”As the Civil War came to a close, Milton declared that “death would be preferable to reunion,” and refused to live in the United States. He shot himself in the head on 1 April 1865. 8 days later, Robert E. Lee surrendered. -- source link
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