Jackson Morton served as a Deputy from Florida to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862.
10 Facts About Jackson Morton
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Jackson Morton was the brother of Jeremiah Morton, a US Representative from Virginia.
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Jackson Morton attended Washington College and the College of William and Mary.
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Jackson Morton moved to Santa Rosa County, Florida, in 1820 and engaged in the lumber business.
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In 1836, Morton became a member of the Florida Territorial Legislative Council and served as its president in 1837.
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Jackson Morton was a United States Navy agent in Pensacola from 1841 to 1845.
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Jackson Morton served in the Senate from 1849 to 1855 when he was no longer a candidate for reelection and resumed his lumber business.
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On January 17,1861, Jackson Morton was appointed to be a delegate to the Montgomery Convention for constructing a provisional Confederate government.
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Jackson Morton served for the duration of the Provisional Congress and, in the month following the Provisional Constitution, he signed its successor, the Confederate States Constitution.
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Jackson Morton returned to Santa Rosa County and died at his home, "Mortonia", on November 22,1874.