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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaRichard Keith CALL
(1792-1862)
CALL, Richard Keith,
(uncle of Wilkinson Call), a Delegate from the Territory of
Florida; born near Petersburg, Va., October 24, 1792; attended the
common schools and Mount Pleasant Academy; in 1814 entered the
United States Army as first lieutenant in the Forty-fourth
Infantry; special aide to Major General Jackson in the Battle of
New Orleans; promoted to captain in July 1818 and resigned May 1,
1822; settled in the Territory of Florida; studied law; was
admitted to the bar and practiced in Pensacola; member of the
Territorial council in 1822; brigadier general of the West Florida
Militia in 1823; elected to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4,
1823-March 3, 1825); receiver of the land office of the Territory
of Florida; Governor of the Territory 1835-1840 and 1841-1844;
unsuccessful candidate of the Whig Party for Governor of the new
State in 1845; died in Tallahassee, Fla., September 14, 1862;
interment in a private cemetery on his estate.
Bibliography
Doherty, Herbert J. Richard Keith Call, Southern Unionist.
Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1961.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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