John A. Quitman
United States general
Died when: 59 years 319 days (718 months)Star Sign: Virgo
John Anthony Quitman (September 1, 1798 – July 17, 1858) was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier.As President of the Mississippi Senate, he served one month as Acting Governor of Mississippi (from December 3, 1835, to January 7, 1836) as a Whig.
He was elected Governor in 1850, as a Democrat, and served from January 10, 1850, until his resignation on February 3, 1851, shortly after his arrest for violating U.S. neutrality laws.
He was strongly pro-slavery and a leading Fire-Eater.According to Quitman's first biographer, John F.H.Claiborne, writing in 1860, "A more ambitious man never lived. ...He was greedy for military fame." "For Quitman, military glory and political ambition had priority over management of his three plantations and numerous slaves."
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