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Colombian History: A Look Into The Past
By: Columbia Confederates Date: September 5, 2015, 9:14 am
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OOC: Please do not post on this, this is more like a "history
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[center]Congressional Presidents of Columbia: Governors 1-16,
THE GOLDEN ERA[/center]
(1) RANDOLPH PAYTON: Payton was the first Governor of Columbia.
He served from September 5th 1774-October 22nd 1778. He was
elected at the age of 53. Payton was a planter and also served
as the Speaker of the Colonial Congress before Independence was
claimed in 1774. He would run for reelection 4 years later to
become the 3rd Governor of Columbia.
(2) MILTON HENRY: Henry was the second Governor of Columbia. He
served from October 22nd, 1778-October 26th, 1782. He was
elected at the age of 57. Henry was a planter and a congressman
in the Colonial Congress before Independence was claimed from
England in 1774. As President, Henry favored remaining with
Great Britain. On October 26th, 1782, Henry was ousted from his
position by Randolph Payton. Henry was tried for treason against
Columbia and was executed on the 20th of January, 1783.
(3) RANDOLPH PAYTON: After the treason of Milton Henry, Payton
was reelected by Congress to serve as Governor. He served his
second term from May 10th, 1783 until May 24th, 1787. He was
reelected at the age of 61. There was a brief time period during
the end of the War for Independence where there was no President
and it was instead ran by military leader, General Jackson
Jenkins. Payton. He died while serving on May 24th, 1787 from a
heat stroke.
(4) HAM JOHNSON: Johnson was the 4th Governor of Columbia.
Johnson served from the 24th of May, 1787 until October 31st
1791. He was elected at the age of 38, making him the youngest
elected at that time. Ham grew up very poor and resorted to a
life of crime such as thievery and bounty hunting. However, he
was captured at the age of 28, he was forced to serve in the
military, and later became such a prominent figure in Columbia
he became a Congressman and then Governor after the death of
Randolph Payton. Ham is regarded as the greatest governor in the
history of Columbia due to his Anti-English raids in the British
West Indies and Australia and also the booming economy that
existed during his time period.
(5) LAWRENCE HENRY: Henry, the brother of Milton, was a
Colombian rice planter and solider in the War for Independence.
He served from the 1st of November, 1791-9th of December 1794,
dying in office from a virus. Henry was elected at the age of
53. He battled a lot during his time period, health wise and
also due to the lack of support from the people. There were
numerous assassination attempts as many saw him as a heir to
Milton. Lawrence did his best to separate himself from his
brother. During his time as president, the state saw a boom in
the slave market with 8,000 new slaves added into the market.
Under Henry the Slave Army Act was written forming an army for
slaves, which was mandatory if a war broke out. The Slave Army
Act also exists today, however some exceptions are made in who
is able to serve.
(6) JAY JOHNSON: Jay, the cousin of Ham, was the 6th Governor of
Columbia. Jay grew up poor with his mother and father, however
he resorted to working hard and ended up getting into politics
at the age of 20. Jay became the youngest to serve the office of
Governor being elected from the 10th of December, 1794-September
28th, 1798 at the age of 32. Before being elected he was the
Chief Justice of Columbia. Much like his brother, he is
considered one of the best Governors to serve. While the
agrarian economy was already the way of life in Columbia, it
became a international force under Jay as he removed many
taxation aimed towards farmers.
(7) HUNTER SAMUEL: Samuel was the 7th Governor of Columbia. He
served from September 28th, 1798-July 10th, 1802. He was elected
at the age of 48. Samuel was a revolutionary in the War for
Independence and also served as a junior representative for
Columbia. He was also an Associate Congressional Judge under Ham
Johnson, Lawrence Henry, and Jay Johnson. Samuel helped
establish good relations with nations like France and England as
well as Russia.
(8) THOMAS GAVIN: Gavin was the 8th Governor of Columbia. He
served from July 10th, 1802-November 5th, 1806. Gavin was a
lawyer and congressman before being elected to Governor. Gavin
was elected at the age of 47. Gavin defined moderate and
remained without a political party, mostly because he was
elected out after being the Chief Justice of Columbia. However,
he did many things to support the progressive Free Land Party
and the more conservative Democratic Party (modern day Jefferson
Party). He restricted the slave trade down to only 3 months of
oversea shipping instead of the previous year round trips, but
only after protecting the rights of the ownership of slaves. His
3 month law was overturned under the following Governor, Henry
Jeffery.
(9) HENRY JEFFERY: Jeffery was the 9th Governor of Columbia. He
served from 5th of November, 1806 until the 4th of November,
1810. He was elected at the age of 66. Jeffery was a merchant
and Georgetown Representative. He was known for overturning
Gavin's slavery restrictions and also was Governor during the
War against White Suppression in West Africa where whites were
being killed in North Africa by African tribes.
(10) ELI BOURBON: Bourbon was the 10th Governor of Columbia. He
served from November 4th, 1810-November 3rd, 1814. He was
elected at the age of 42. Before becoming Governor, Eli was a
solider in the Colombian Army and was head the Chief Officer of
Prisoner Interrogations and supported the use of prisoners as
slaves. He is known for expanding the slave market by clearing
out all prisoners and forcing them to work in coal mines, cotton
fields, and rice plantations. This is still in operation today
but wasn't officially established and protected by law until the
later half of the century.
(11) MATTHEW THOMSON: Thomson was the 11th Governor of Columbia.
He served from November 3rd, 1814-June 3rd, 1818. He was elected
at the age of 39. Before being elected he was a solider in the
Colombian Army, gained the rank of General at the age of 34, and
also became head of the Colombian Army at the age of 38. Many
were worried that giving the election to the head of the Army
would cause a government too big to handle, however Thomson was
kept checked by Congress. He resigned early due to continued
frustration by the people. After he resigned he was removed from
the head position of the Colombian Army. He then after became a
co-owner of the Polk Plantation in Jericho.
(12) HENRY RICHARD LEE: Lee was the 12th Governor of Columbia
and was elected at the age of 52. He served from November 30th,
1818-November 4th, 1822. Lee was a career politician and
received much flack for being the first governor to be that. He
served as Speaker under Matthew Thomson. Lee was the son of a
very influential family in the politics of Columbia. He attended
the University of Cambridge in Columbia.
(13) HAM JOHNSON: A hero made by a war, Ham had become somewhat
of a folk hero. At the age of 75 he was reelected. He said he
returned because he thought Columbia was heading in the right
direction. Ham helped expand slavery to becoming 45% of the
population. He passed a sales tax which is still in effect today
at 5% and he also disassembled Lee's Income Tax which attacked
farmers and gave breaks to big slave owning plantations. Ham
served from November 23rd, 1822-June 5th, 1826. Before
returning, Ham had become the President of the University of
Cambridge.
(14) GARY NORBERT: Norbert was the 14th Governor of Columbia. He
was elected at the age of 48 and served from June 6th,
1826-November 3rd, 1830. Norbert was a planter and the head of
the Board of Wars. Norbert was head in the War in China and was
the first Governor to have the slave population peak over 50% of
the population.
(15) CLAIR AUGUST SAMPSON: Sampson was the 15th Governor of
Columbia. He served from February 2nd, 1830-November 4th, 1834.
Sampson was a Major General in the Colombian Army. He was
elected at the age of 52.There was an expansion in the military,
while still small. The population peaked over 500,000 for the
first time at 510,765 in 1833.
(16) GARRETT CYRUS: Cyrus was the 16th Governor of Columbia, and
the last Governor of what many historians called the Golden Age.
He was elected at the age of 39 and served from January 22nd,
1834-November 15th, 1838. Cyrus was a Colombian Judge and
planter. Cyrus saw a huge boom in the economy before the crash
under Governor George Walsh. Cyrus denounced slavery, however
owned slaves of his own. He pushed for the abolishment of
involuntary slavery, however was shot down by Congress.
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THE GOLDEN AGE: The Golden Age marks a time period which begins
with Independence, Lasts Through the Independence, African, and
Chinese Wars, was a time period of economic boom, saw the
expansion of slavery as well as the small farmer, and was the
lead up of Columbia to become a international agricultural
powerhouse. Many blame some moves by Governor Cyrus to be the
cause of an economic collapse while others believe it was an
over-use of slaves under Walsh which saw the slave population
reach 65% of the population.
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