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U.S. Vice President

Born:16 May 1824Died:16 May 1920Birthplace:Shoreham, VermontBest known as:U.S. vice president under Benjamin HarrisonLevi Parsons Morton was a New York businessman who served as the vice president of the United States underBenjamin Harrison(1889-93). Morton was a businessman in Boston before moving to New York and establishing Levi P. Morton & Company, a banking firm that helped underwrite loans to the Union during the Civil War (the firm reorganized in 1869 as Morton, Bliss & Company). He served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1879-81) and was the U.S. Minister to France (1881-85) under PresidentJames Garfield. His successes in France helped his popularity in the U.S. and he was elected with Harrison on the 1888 Republican ticket. After leaving the White House he was briefly the governor of New York (1895-97) and then turned to real estate investing. He died on his 96th birthday.
Levi P. MortonFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(Redirected fromLevi Morton)Levi P. Morton22ndVice President of the United StatesIn office
March 4, 1889– March 4, 1893PresidentBenjamin HarrisonPreceded byThomas A. HendricksSucceeded byAdlai E. Stevenson31stGovernor of New YorkIn office
January 1, 1895– December 31, 1896LieutenantCharles T. SaxtonPreceded byRoswell P. FlowerSucceeded byFrank S. BlackUnited States Minister to FranceIn office
March 21, 1881– May 14, 1885Appointed byJames A. GarfieldPreceded byEdward Follansbee NoyesSucceeded byRobert Milligan McLaneMember of theU.S. House of RepresentativesfromNew York\'s11thdistrictIn office
March 4, 1879– March 21, 1881Preceded byBenjamin A. WillisSucceeded byRoswell P. FlowerPersonal detailsBornLevi Parsons Morton
May 16, 1824
Shoreham, Vermont, U.S.DiedMay 16, 1920(aged96)
Rhinebeck, New York, U.S.NationalityAmericanPolitical partyRepublicanSpouse(s)Lucy Young Kimball (1st wife) «1840-1887»
Anna Livingston Reade Street(2nd style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;\">Levi Parsons Morton(May 16, 1824 – May 16, 1920) was aRepresentativefromNew Yorkand the22ndVice President of the United States(1889–93). He later served as the31st Governor of New York.

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Early life and career[edit]

Morton was born inShoreham,Addison County, Vermont. His parents were the Reverend Daniel Oliver Morton (1788–1852), aCongregationalistminister of old New England stock, and Lucretia Parsons (1789–1862). His older brother, David Oliver Morton (1815–59), wasMayorofToledo, Ohio, from 1849 to 1850.[1]

He left school early and worked as a clerk in ageneral storeinEnfield, Massachusetts, taught school inBoscawen, New Hampshire, engaged in mercantile pursuits inHanover, New Hampshire, moved toBoston, entered the dry-goods business inNew York City, and engaged in banking there. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1876 to the 45thCongress, but he was appointed by PresidentRutherford B. Hayesto be an honorary commissioner to theParis Exhibition of 1878.

Political career[edit]

Morton was elected, as aRepublican, to the 46th and 47th Congresses representingManhattan. He served from March 4, 1879, until his resignation, effective March 21, 1881. The 1880 Republican presidential nominee,James A. Garfield, asked Morton to be hisvice presidentialrunning mate, but Morton declined the offer. If he had accepted and history continued on the same course, Morton would have become the 21st President, instead ofChester A. Arthur, afterGarfield\'s assassination.

He asked to be He was United StatesMinistertoFrancefrom 1881 to 1885. (A deludedCharles J. Guiteau, reportedly decided to murder Garfield after he was \"passed over\" as minister to France.)

Morton was very popular in France. He helped commercial relations between the two countries run smoothly during his term, and, in Paris on October 24, 1881, he placed the first rivet in the construction of theStatue of Liberty. (It was driven into the big toe of Lady Liberty\'s left foot.)

Vice President[edit]From 1889 until 1895, Morton lived at this residence inWashington, D.C.

Morton was elected Vice President of the United States, on the Republican ticket with PresidentBenjamin Harrison, in which capacity he served from March 4, 1889, to March 4, 1893. During his term, Harrison tried to pass theLodge Bill, an election law enforcing the voting rights of blacks in the South, but Morton did little to support the bill against aDemocraticfilibuster in the Senate. Harrison blamed Morton for the bill\'s eventual failure, and, at the Republican convention prior to the1892 election, Morton was replaced byWhitelaw Reidas the vice-presidential candidate.[2]Harrison and Reid went on to lose the1892 election, toGrover ClevelandandAdlai E. Stevenson, the Democratic candidates.

In 1890 he became one of the first members of the District of Columbia Society of theSons of the American Revolution. He was assigned national society membership number 1838 and district society number 38.[3]

Governor of New York[edit]Gubernatorial portrait of Levi P. Morton.

Levi Morton wasGovernor of New Yorkin 1895 and 1896. He was considered for theRepublicanpresidentialnomination in1896, but the Republican Party choseWilliam McKinleyinstead. After his public career was over, he became areal-estateinvestor.

Death[edit]

He died on May 16, 1920, atRhinebeck, inDutchess County,New York.[4]He died on his 96th birthday, the onlyVice Presidentto have died on his birthday. He is interred in theRhinebeck Cemetery.

Legacy[edit]

The Village ofMorton Grove, Illinois, is named after Morton. He provided the funding necessary to allow Miller\'s Mill (now Lincoln Avenue) to pass through the upstart neighborhood, and provide goods to trade and sell. Morton Grove was incorporated in December 1895.

Morton owned property inNewport, Rhode Island, and lived on fashionable Bellevue Avenue, in the mansion called \"Fairlawn,\" a building currently owned bySalve Regina University, housing thePell Center of International Relations and Public Policy. He left a nearby property to the city of Newport for use as a park. At the corner of Coggeshall and Morton avenues (the latter formerly Brenton Road), this land became Morton Park.

Morton sold or donated property he owned inHanover, New Hampshire, toDartmouth College, and the college built Webster Hall on the land. Morton was considered an honorary alumnus at alumni gatherings in New York. He also owned a summer retreat in theAdirondack Park, on Eagle Island.[5]The architecture is of theGreat Campsstyle, designed by the notable architectWilliam L. Coulter. Over the years, the island found its way into the ownership of theGirl Scouts of the USA, where it remains today asCamp Eagle Island.[6]

Morton was the second longest-livedVice President of the United States, dying on his 96th birthday. OnlyJohn Nance Garnerlived longer. Morton survived five of his successors in the vice presidency:Adlai E. Stevenson,Garret A. Hobart,Theodore Roosevelt,Charles W. FairbanksandJames S. Sherman.

Marriages, social life and other activities[edit]

Morton married his first wife, Lucy Young Kimball (July 22, 1836 – July 11, 1871) on October 15, 1856, inFlatlands, Brooklyn. They had one child together.

After her death, he marriedAnna Livingston Reade Streetin 1873. They had five daughters.

In retirement, Morton served as President of theMetropolitan Clubat One East Sixtieth Street, New York, between 1900 and 1911. He was preceded in that office byJ. Pierpont Morgan; and succeeded by Frank Knight Sturgis.[citation needed]He was also a member of theUnion League Club of New York.

Morton served as President of theNew York Zoological Societyfrom 1897 to 1909.