The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . LEVI p. MORTON. 148 MORTON—MOSENTHAL. OLIVER P. MORTON. 1885 he was minister to France; in 18S8 he waselected Vice-President of the United States, and in1894 governor of the state of New York. MORTON, Oliver Perry, an American states-man; born in Wayne County, Indiana, Aug. 4, 1823. At 15 he was apprenticedas a hatter, and savedenough money in fouryears to pay for a collegeeducation at Miami Uni-versity; studied law atCenterville, and beganpracticing in 1S47; circuitjudge in 1852; took anactive part in the
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . LEVI p. MORTON. 148 MORTON—MOSENTHAL. OLIVER P. MORTON. 1885 he was minister to France; in 18S8 he waselected Vice-President of the United States, and in1894 governor of the state of New York. MORTON, Oliver Perry, an American states-man; born in Wayne County, Indiana, Aug. 4, 1823. At 15 he was apprenticedas a hatter, and savedenough money in fouryears to pay for a collegeeducation at Miami Uni-versity; studied law atCenterville, and beganpracticing in 1S47; circuitjudge in 1852; took anactive part in the anti-slavery propaganda, andhelped found the Repub-lican party. Defeated forthe governorship of Indiana (1856), he was electedlieutenant-governor in i860, with the understandingthat Henry S. Lane, the governor, was to be sent tothe United States Senate. This arrangement wascarried out, and Morton filled the office of governorthroughout the Civil War. He was successful in rais-ing troops for the support of the Union, and boldalmost to recklessness in his means of action. He be-lieved that his political opponents in the s
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