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Richard Keith Call

Richard K. Call
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Territorial Governor of Florida
In office
March 16, 1836 – December 2, 1839
Appointed by Andrew Jackson
Preceded by John Eaton
Succeeded by Robert R. Reid
In office
March 19, 1841 – August 11, 1844
Appointed by William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Preceded by Robert R. Reid
Succeeded by John Branch
Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Florida Territory
In office
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Preceded by Joseph M. Hernandez
Succeeded by Joseph M. White
Personal details
Born (1792-10-24)October 24, 1792
Pittsfield, Prince George County, Virginia
Died September 14, 1862(1862-09-14) (aged 69)
The Grove Plantation
Nationality American
Political party Whig
Spouse(s) Mary Letitia Kirkman Call
Children Ellen Call Long
Mary Call Brevard
Occupation lawyer, land speculator, railroad owner

Richard Keith Call (October 24, 1792 – September 14, 1862) was an American attorney and politician, the third and fifth territorial governor of Florida. Before that, he was elected to the Florida Territorial Council and as a Delegate to the U.S. Congress from the Florida Territory. In the mid-1830s, he developed two plantations in Leon County, Florida, one of several thousand acres. In 1860 he held more than 120 slaves and was the third-largest slaveholder in the county.

He was born to William and Helen Meade Walker Call and was the nephew of Richard Call, a Revolutionary War hero. Call was born in Pittsfield, Prince George County, Virginia. Shortly after 1800, his widowed mother brought her children and six slaves across the Appalachian Mountains into Kentucky. She eventually settled on land owned by her brother Senator David Walker in Russellville, Kentucky, where Call spent most of his remaining childhood. Following the death of his mother in 1810, Call settled near another uncle in Tennessee in order to receive a formal education. In 1813 he left college to take part in the Creek War, which occurred during the period of the War of 1812 with Great Britain. Call was the uncle of Wilkinson Call, who much later became a US Senator.

Richard Call came favorably to the attention of General Andrew Jackson, a leader during the war. In 1814, Call was commissioned as a first lieutenant and went to Florida to serve as Jackson's personal aide. He returned with General Jackson in 1821 to establish the territorial government after the United States acquired Florida from Spain by the Adams-Onís Treaty. After resigning from the Army in 1822, Call decided to make Florida his home and opened a legal practice.


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