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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaCALL, Richard Keith
(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.
Call, R. K. (Richard Keith). Argument of the counsel for the United States in the Supreme Court, in the cases of the United States vs. George I.F. Clark, John and Antonio Huertes, Joseph M. Hernandez, et al
. [Washington, D.C.?: N.p., 1834].
———. Explanation of the picture of Andrew Jackson before Judge Hall, at New Orleans, 1815 : sustaining the laws of his country, as he had defended her liberties in the field, painted by C. Schussele, of Philadelphia
. Philadelphia: C.J. Hedenberg, [1860?]
———. To the public
. [Washington, D.C.?: R.K. Call, between 1823 and 1825].
———. Union.—Slavery.—Secession. Letter from Governor R. K. Call, of Florida, to John S. Littell, of Germantown, Pennsylvania
. Philadelphia: C. Sherman & Son, printers, 1861.
Doherty, Herbert J. Richard Keith Call, Southern Unionist.
Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1961.
———. “Richard K. Call vs. The Federal Government on the Seminole War.” Florida Historical Quarterly
31 (January 1953): 163-80.
Halsell, Willie D. “ Early Letters From R.K. Call.” Florida Historical Quarterly
39 (January 1961): 266-9.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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