Malachi Martin (politician)

Malachi Martin
Malachi Martin
Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
	In office; 1874
Preceded by	Simon B. Conover
Succeeded by	Thomas Hannah
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
	In office; 1872–1874
Personal details
Born	1822; Ireland
Nationality	Irish, American
Political party	Republican
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch/service	Union Army
Years of service	1861–1866
Rank	Captain
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Malachi Martin (born 1822) was the prison warden at Florida's first state penitentiary in Chattahoochee, Florida and a state legislator.[1][2][3] He was renowned for barbarity and corruption including the use of prison labor for his personal benefit. Another account blames changing politics for the most horrific accounts.[4] He served as speaker of the Florida House of Representatives.[1] Martin, a Republican, was friends with Samuel Fleischman who consulted with him before being murdered by the Ku Klux Klan.[5]

Malachi was put in charge of Florida's first state prison in 1871. He used prisoners to build houses for his profit and to tend his vineyards. The book The American Siberia; or, Fourteen years' experience in a southern convict camp (1891) by J. C. Powell described the abuse he carried out.[1] After the prisoners were relocated in 1876 to a prison at Raiford, Florida, the prison was renovated for use as Florida State Hospital, where mental patients were incarcerated.

References

Florida, State Library and Archives of. "Malachi Martin". Florida Memory.
Fryman, Mildred L. (1978). "Career of a "Carpetbagger": Malachi Martin in Florida". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 56 (3): 317–338. JSTOR 30147443.
King, Gilbert (April 24, 2018). Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found. Penguin. ISBN 9780399183430 – via Google Books.
Miller, Vivien; Campbell, James (November 13, 2014). Transnational Penal Cultures: New perspectives on discipline, punishment and desistance. Routledge. ISBN 9781317807193 – via Google Books.
Newton, Michael (February 16, 2009). The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438119144 – via Google Books.

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[mem-1] Florida, State Library and Archives of. "Malachi Martin". Florida Memory.

[2] Fryman, Mildred L. (1978). "Career of a "Carpetbagger": Malachi Martin in Florida". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 56 (3): 317–338. JSTOR 30147443.

[3] King, Gilbert (April 24, 2018). Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found. Penguin. ISBN 9780399183430 – via Google Books.

[4] Miller, Vivien; Campbell, James (November 13, 2014). Transnational Penal Cultures: New perspectives on discipline, punishment and desistance. Routledge. ISBN 9781317807193 – via Google Books.

[5] Newton, Michael (February 16, 2009). The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438119144 – via Google Books.