John A. Quitman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John A. Quitman

United States general

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1798

Place of Birth: Rhinebeck, New York, United States

Date of Death: 17-Jul-1858

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac 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."