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Albert Waller Gilchrist Papers
Biographical Note:
Albert W. Gilchrist was born in Greenwood, South Carolina, on January
15, 1858, the son of General William E. and Rhoda Elizabeth (Waller) Gilchrist.
He attended the Carolina Military Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina
from 1876 to 1878, was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West
Point, and became a Brigadier General in the Florida militia. In 1898,
during the Spanish-American War, he joined the regular army and achieved
the rank of captain; he served until 1899 when he left the service and
returned to Florida politics. Gilchrist was a member of the Florida House
of Representatives from 1893 until 1905. In 1909, Gilchrist became the
twentieth Governor of Florida and served until 1913. He died on May 15,
1926 in New York.
Scope and Content:
The Gilchrist Papers are comprised of the official papers of Albert
Waller Gilchrist, 20th Governor of Florida, as well as newspaper articles,
military and state official documents, items pertaining to the naming of
Gilchrist County, materials regarding educational institutions including
Carolina Military Institute and West Point, personal correspondence, genealogical
research, and papers pertaining to Gilchrist's estate and will.
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