Eatonville Florida
November 13, 2003 Eatonville, Florida Florida became the twenty-seventh state in the United States on March 3, 1845. ... Moseley was elected the new state’s first governor, and David Levy Yulee, one of Florida’s leading proponents for statehood, became a U. ... Most Florida voters—who were white males, ages twenty-one years or older—did not oppose slavery. ... Shortly after his election, a special convention drew up an ordinance that allowed Florida to secede from the Union on January 10, 1861. Within several weeks, Florida joined other southern states to form the Confederate States of America.