William Pope Duval
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William Pope Duval was the first civilian governor of the Florida Territory, succeeding Andrew Jackson, who had been a military governor. In his twelve-year governorship, from 1822 to 1834, he divided
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Andrew Jackson
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Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. He rose to fame as a U.S. Army general and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. His political philosophy, which
William Pope Duval
…William Pope Duval (September 4, 1784 – March 19, 1854) was the first civilian governor of the Florida Territory, succeeding Andrew Jackson, who had been a military governor. In his twelve-year governorship, from 1822 to 1834, he divided Florida into four territories, established the local…
Formal portrait, c. 1835
The Brave Boy of the Waxhaws, an 1876 Currier and Ives lithograph depicting the story of a young Andrew Jackson defending himself from a British officer during the American Revolutionary War
An 1846 wood engraving by William Croome depicting Jackson's marriage to Rachel Donelson in the 1847 Pictorial History of Andrew Jackson by John Frost
Tennessee c. 1810. The eastern counties shaded in blue, the Mero District in green, and Native American lands in red. The Natchez Trace from its northern terminus to Chickasaw Crossing where it leaves the state is shaded in gray.