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Franklin Israel Moses Jr. (January 1, 1838 – December 11, 1906) was a South Carolina lawyer and editor who became active as a Republican politician in the state during the Reconstruction Era. He was elected to the legislature in 1868 and as governor in 1872, serving into 1874.
8 de jun. de 2016 · An enthusiastic secessionist, Moses served as secretary to Governor Francis W. Pickens and claimed to have raised the Confederate and Palmetto flags over Fort Sumter after its surrender in April 1861.
Franklin Israel Moses Jr. (1838-11 de diciembre de 1906) fue un abogado y editor de Carolina del Sur que se convirtió en un político republicano activo en el estado durante la Era de la Reconstrucción.
Franklin Moses Jr. is one of the great forgotten figures in American history. Scion of a distinguished Jewish family in South Carolina, he was a firebrand supporter of secession and an officer in the Confederate army.
In 1861, at the outbreak of the American Civil War, Franklin J. Moses, Jr. was commissioned as Colonel in the Confederate Army; he served as an enrolling officer for the Confederate Conscription Acts. Moses claimed to have personally lowered the United States flag from over Fort Sumter in 1861.
Franklin Israel Moses Jr. was a South Carolina lawyer and editor who became active as a Republican politician in the state during the Reconstruction Era. He was elected to the legislature in 1868 and as governor in 1872, serving into 1874. Enemies labelled him the 'Robber Governor'.
FRANKLIN J. MOSES (nee Franklin I. Moses) was born in Sumter District, South Carolina. He attended South Carolina College and went on to study law, winning admission to the South Carolina Bar. He was appointed private secretary to South Carolina Governor Francis Pickens in 1860.
