What is William D. Moseley?
{{Infobox Governor | name = William Dunn Moseley | birth_date = February 1, 1795 | religion = | profession = | spouse = Susan Hill Moseley<br>(Widowed by time in office) | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | death_place = [[Palatka, Florida]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1863|1|4|1795|2|1}} | birth_place = [[Lenoir County, North Carolina]] | term2 = 1829-1837 | image = William Dunn Moseley daguerreotype.jpg | office2 = Member of the [[North Carolina Senate]] | successor1 = [[Thomas Brown (Florida politician)|Thomas Brown]] | predecessor1 = [[John Branch]] (as the Governor of Florida Territory) | lieutenant1 = | term_end1 = October 1, 1849 | term_start1 = June 25, 1845 | office1 = Governor of Florida | order1 = 1st | signature = William D Moseley Signature.svg }} '''William Dunn Moseley''' (February 1, 1795 – January 4, 1863) was an American politician. A Democrat and North Carolina native, Moseley became the first Governor of the state of [[Florida]], serving from 1845 until 1849 and leading the establishment of the state government. == Early life and education == William Dunn Moseley was born on February 1, 1795 at Moseley Hall in Lenoir County, [[North Carolina]], which is a different place than Moseley Hall on the Northeast branch of the Cape Fear created by colonial official Edward Moseley, to whom he was not related. He was the son of Matthew and Elizabeth Herring Dunn Moseley, who built this Moseley Hall. He and his father were distant descendants of William Moseley, the immigrant ancestor, who came to Virginia in 1649 and built Greenwich near Norfolk on the Elizabeth River in what was then Lower Norfolk County. The plantation house was later known as Rolleston Hall. Moseley graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1818. He was of entirely English ancestry, all of which had been in America since the days of the original thirteen colonies. He received his master's degree from UNC in 1821. While at the university, Moseley was the roommate of future p