John Buchanan Floyd
| John B. Floyd | |
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| 31st Governor of Virginia | |
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In office January 1, 1849 – January 16, 1852 |
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| Preceded by | William Smith |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Johnson |
| 24th United States Secretary of War | |
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In office March 6, 1857 – December 29, 1860 |
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| President | James Buchanan |
| Preceded by | Jefferson Davis |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Holt |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
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In office December 6, 1847 – December 31, 1848 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel E. Goodson |
| Succeeded by | Samuel E. Goodson |
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In office December 3, 1855 – December 6, 1857 Serving with William K. Heiskell |
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| Preceded by | Isaac B. Dunn |
| Succeeded by | Robert E. Grant |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
John Buchanan Floyd June 1, 1806 Blacksburg, Virginia, US |
| Died | August 26, 1863 (aged 57) Abingdon, Virginia, US |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Sally Buchanan Preston |
| Alma mater | South Carolina College |
| Profession | Lawyer, Politician |
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| Allegiance |
 Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 Provisional Army of Virginia Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1861 - 1863 |
| Rank |
 Brigadier General (CSA)
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| Battles/wars | |
John Buchanan Floyd (June 1, 1806 – August 26, 1863) was the 31st Governor of Virginia, U.S. Secretary of War, and the Confederate general in the American Civil War who lost the crucial Battle of Fort Donelson.
John Buchanan Floyd was born on June 1, 1806 at Smithfield estate, Blacksburg, Virginia. He was the eldest son of the former Laetitia Preston and her husband, Governor John Floyd (1783–1837). His brother Benjamin Rush Floyd (1812-1860) served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly but failed to win election to the U.S. Congress. His sister Narcissa (1809-1908) married U.S. Senator John Warfield Johnston; his sisers Letitia Preston Floyd Lewis (1814-1886) and Eliza Lavalette Floyd Holmes (1816-1887) also survived their brothers. The elder Floyd served as a representative in Congress from 1817 to 1829 and as governor of Virginia from 1830 to 1834.
Young Floyd graduated from South Carolina College in 1826 (by some accounts 1829), where he was a member of the Euphradian Society.
He married his cousin, Sarah (Sally) Buchanan Preston (1802-1879), daughter of Francis Preston, on June 1, 1830. They had no children. Some claimed Floyd had a daughter, Josephine, who married Robert James Harlan in 1852. Harlan was a slave of Kentucky politician James Harlan and may have been James' son. In the 1850s, Robert Harlan was living as a free person in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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