Richard K. Call
American politician
Born on: October 24, 1792Died on: September 14, 1862
Aged: 69 years 325 days (838 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: American
Birth Sign: Scorpio
Richard Keith Call was an American attorney and politician who served as the 3rd and 5th territorial governor of Florida.
Before that, he was elected to the Florida Territorial Council and as a delegate to the U.S. Congress from Florida.
In the mid-1830s, he developed two plantations in Leon County, Florida, one of which was several thousand acres in size.
In 1860, Call held more than 120 people as slaves, the third-most in the county. Call was a Southern Unionist who opposed Florida's declared secession during the American Civil War.
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