Abraham K. Allison

Abraham Kurkindolle Allison
6th Governor of Florida
In office April 1, 1865 – May 19, 1865
Preceded by	John Milton
Succeeded by	William Marvin
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
In office 1845 1847 1852
Personal details
Born	December 10, 1810 Jones County, Georgia
Died	July 8, 1893(1893-07-08) (aged 82) Quincy, Florida
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Mary Jane Nathans (1822-1850) Elizabeth Susan Coleman (1838-1895)

Mary Jane Nathans (1822-1850)

Abraham Kurkindolle Allison (December 10, 1810 – July 8, 1893) was a Florida businessman and politician. He served in the Florida Territorial Legislature and the Florida State House of Representatives. He served as the sixth Governor of Florida, at the end of the American Civil War.

Allison was born in Jones County, Georgia, on December 10, 1810, to Captain James and Sarah Fannin Allison. After he graduated from school, he worked as a merchant in Columbus, Georgia, and in Henry County, Alabama. He then moved to Apalachicola, Florida, where he served as the city's first mayor. He also served as the first county judge of Franklin County and as Clerk of the United States Court. He was a member of the Territorial Legislature. In the Seminole War, he was captain of the Franklin Rifles. He moved to Quincy, Gadsden County in 1839 and there commenced the practice of law.

In 1843, he built a Georgian colonial home in Quincy. In 1989 it became the Allison House Inn, a bed and breakfast.

He was again elected to the Territorial Legislature, and represented Gadsden County in the State Legislature in 1845, 1847 and 1852. As Speaker of the House, he assumed the duties of acting Governor on September 16, 1853, because both Governor Thomas Brown and Senate President R. J. Floyd were out of the state. He gave up the office on the inauguration of James E. Broome on October 3. Allison did not exercise executive powers and merely held himself in readiness should a need arise.

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