Stephen Russell Mallory
Born: 1812
Birthplace: Trinidad, British West Indies
Father: Charles John Mallory 1780 – 1821
Mother: Ellen Russell 1792 – 1855
(Buried: Key West Cemetery, Key West, Florida)
Wife: Angela Sylvania Moreno 1815 – 1901
(Buried: Saint Michael’s Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida)
Married: July 24, 1838 in Pensacola, Florida
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Children:
Ellen Josephine Mallory 1840 – 1843
Margaret Maggie Mallory Bishop 1842 – 1887
Francis Moreno Mallory 1844 – 1846
(Buried: Key West Cemetery, Key West, Florida)
U.S. Senator Stephen Russell Mallory Jr. 1848 – 1907
(Buried: Saint Michael’s Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida)
Charles Albert Mallory 1850 –
Attila Fitzpatrick Mallory 1852 – 1907
(Buried: Saint John’s Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida)
Ruby Angela Mallory Kennedy 1855 – 1902
(Buried: Saint Michael’s Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida)
Nellie B. Mallory 1856 – 1858
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
Attended Moravian Academy in Nazareth, Pennsylvania
Occupation before War:
1820: Immigrated to the United States from West Indies
United States Inspector of Customs in Key West, Florida
1832: Town Marshal
1835 – 1837: Served in the Seminole Indian War in Florida.
1837 – 1845: Monroe County Florida County Judge
1845: Appointed United States Collector of Customs in Key West.
1850: Alternate Delegate to Nashville Convention
1851 – 1861: United States Senator from Florida
His First Speech in Congress was in favor of returning flogging to Navy.
With his sponsorship help pass a bill for Railroads in Florida.
Sponsor of bill to sell off live Oak reservations for the U.S. Navy.
Introduced bills that provided for marine hospitals in port Cities.
1851 – 1855: Member of Senate Naval Affairs Committee
1853 – 1855: Chairman of Senate Printing Committee
1855 – 1861: Chairman of Senate Naval Affairs Committee
1857: Persuaded the senate to authorize twelve sloops–of–war.
1855 – 1857: Member of Senate Public Lands Committee
He was not prominent in his role in the Secession Crisis in US Senate.
1861: Delivered his farewell speech in the U.S. Senate on January 21st.
Civil War Career:
Mallory's political opponents used his pro–Union stance as an excuse to attack his nomination as Secretary of Navy. Submitting his name to the Provisional Congress would draw opposition due to the Fort Pickens Incident, but he would be confirmed and serve the entire war.
1861 – 1865: Confederate States Secretary of Navy
He was chosen as Secretary of Navy for two reasons: 1st he had extensive experience with nautical affairs, and 2nd he was from the State of Florida.
As Secretary of Navy, he set up the four bureaus of the Navy which were: Orders and Detail, Provisions and Clothing, Medicine and Surgery, Ordnance and Hydrography.
Secretary Mallory would make a Naval Policy: 1. Send Out Commerce Raiders to destroy the enemy’s mercantile marine, 2. Build Ironclad vessels in Southern Shipyards for defensive purposes, 3. Obtain by purchase or construction abroad armored ships capable of fighting on the open seas, 4. Employ new weapons and techniques of warfare.
Mallory was an advocate of the development of several new weapons.
1865: Captured at La Grange Georgia by the Union Army.
1865 – 1866: Prisoner of War held at Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor.
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1866: Prisoner of War held at Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor.
1866: Granted a partial parole by President Johnson on March 10th.
1866: Required to live with his daughter in Bridgeport, Connecticut until he could take oath of allegiance to the United States.
1866: Mallory visited Washington, D.C. and got permission to return to Florida.
1866 – 1873: Attorney in Florida
He Urged acceptance of the Reconstituted Union.
1871 – 1872: Suffered from Gout and heart issues
Died: November 9, 1873
Place of Death: Pensacola, Florida
Age at time of Death: 60 or 61 years old
Burial Place: Saint Michael’s Churchyard, Pensacola, Florida
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