Daniel A. Vogt was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1856 until 1861[1] and was an outspoken advocate for secession before the American Civil War.[2] He took in his nephews after the American Civil War.
One of the nephews he took in, Albertus Vogt, helped establish the phosphate driven land boom in Ocala.[3]
Daniel Vogt's great great nephew John Vogt served as the President of the Florida Senate.[1]