Marcellus Stearns

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Marcellus Stearns

Marcellus Lovejoy Stearns (born April 29, 1839 in Lovell , Maine , † December 8, 1891 in Palatine Bridge , New York ) was an American politician and from 1874 to 1877 the 11th  governor of the state of Florida .

Life

Marcellus Stearns attended what is now Colby College for two years . He broke off his training to join the Union armed forces when the civil war broke out . There he became a major . He lost an arm in the Battle of Winchester . Thereupon he was incapable of service for the fighting troops. The army approved him to study law. He was then transferred to the military administration in Quincy , Florida. Stearns remained in Florida after his military service and was a member of the commission for the drafting of a new state constitution in 1868. Between 1868 and 1872 he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives , from 1869 he was its president as successor to William W. Moore .

In 1872, Republican Stearns was elected lieutenant governor of Florida. When the incumbent governor Ossian B. Hart died of pneumonia on March 18, 1873, Stearns ended his tenure. During his elected term of office, which lasted until January 2, 1877, he significantly reduced the budget deficit and stabilized the country's budget. He probably also succeeded in attracting the first tourists to the country. Decisive he tried Jonathan Gibbs , by the late Governor Hart as the first African American to Secretary of State had appointed to push out of office. Due to Gibbs' popularity, this attempt failed. In 1876, Stearns tried unsuccessfully for re-election. He remained the last Republican to become governor of Florida until 1967.

After the end of his tenure he was between 1877 and 1880 US commissioner in the state of Arkansas . In 1887 he became president of the Iowa Atlantic National Bank . Stearns was buried in his birthplace in Maine.

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SURNAME Stearns, Marcellus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stearns, Marcellus Lovejoy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Lovell , Maine
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1891
Place of death Palatine Bridge , New York