Stephen Mallory, American Politician
Stephen Russell Mallory (1812 - November 9, 1873) served in the US Senate as Senator (Democrat) from Florida from 1850 to the secession of his home state and the outbreak of the American Civil War. When the Confederate States of America was formed, he was named Secretary of the Navy in the administration of President Jefferson Davis. He resigned after the Confederate government had fled from Richmond at the end of the war, and he and several of his colleagues in the cabinet were imprisoned and charged with treason. After more than a year in prison, the public mood had softened, and he was granted parole by President Johnson. He returned to Florida, where he supported his family in his final years by again practicing law. Unable to hold elective office by the terms of his parole, he continued to make his opinions known by writing letters to newspapers. His health began to deteriorate, although he was not incapacitated until the very end. He died in 1873 at the age of 60 or 61.
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