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	Levi P. Morton
		Levi Parsons Morton (May 16, 1824 - May 16, 1920) was a Representative from New York and a Vice President of the United States.
		Morton was born in Shoreham, Addison County, Vermont.
		Morton was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses, serving from March 4, 1879, until his resignation, effective March 21, 1881.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/le/Levi_P._Morton.html (213 words)

	Morton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Morton is the name of several people, places, and things in the English language.
		Morton, J. Sterling, US Secretary of Agriculture and founder of Arbor Day.
		Morton, Thomas, British poet, lawyer, and early colonist of Massachusetts
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morton (142 words)

	American President
		The son of J. Sterling Morton, secretary of agriculture in Grover Cleveland's second administration, and cousin of Levi P. Morton, vice president during the presidency of Benjamin Harrison, Paul Morton was born in Detroit, Michigan, on May 22, 1857.
		Morton saved face by becoming vice chairman of the Moody Commission to reorganize the Navy in 1909.
		Paul Morton died unexpectedly on January 19, 1911, at the age of 53.
	www.americanpresident.org /history/theodoreroosevelt/cabinet/secretarynavy/navyCopy2/email.html (245 words)

	US Vice - Presidents - Levi Morton
		By 1869 Levi Morton was one of America’s wealthiest and most influential businessmen, joining the Ranks of JP Morgan, and August Belmont.
		Levi Morton began his career in politics when he ran as a Republican for Congress and lost in 1876.
		Morton failed to get himself elected to the US Senate in 1887, but his campaign contributions to his fellow Republicans gave him a place on the ticket with Benjamin Harrison when he ran against Grover Cleveland in 1888.
	www.juntosociety.com /vp/morton.html (1055 words)

	LEVI PARSONS MORTON - LoveToKnow Article on LEVI PARSONS MORTON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He established in 1863 the banking house of L. Morton and Company (dissolved 1899), with a London branch which had Sir John Rose (1820-as its principal member.
		The American firm assisted in funding the national debt at the time of the resumption of specie payments, and the London house were fiscal agents of the United States government in 1873-1884, and as such received the $15,500,000 awarded by the Geneva Arbitration Court in settlement of the " Alabama Claims " against Great Britain.
		In 1899 Morton became president of the Morton Trust Company in New York City.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MO/MORTON_LEVI_PARSONS.htm (164 words)

	ALMOST PRESIDENT: LEVI P. MORTON
		Levi Parsons Morton was born in Shoreham, Vermont, on May 16, 1824.
		In 1880, Morton served as the chief fund-raiser for the Republican Party.
		At the 1896 Republican convention, Morton was the favorite son candidate of the New York delegation.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/presidents_and_first_ladies/55683 (1050 words)

	Vice President Levi Morton
		Levi Morton originally ran dry-goods stores in Hanover, New Hampshire, then in Boston before moving to New York City in 1854.
		Morton began his political career by being elected to the US House of Representatives, representing New York from 1879 - 1881.
		Levi Morton's was dumped by President Harrison in his re-election campaign because of Morton's refusal to support him in pressing for the passage of the Federal Elections Bill which would have mandated stricter punishments for anyone intimidating fls from voting in the Southern states.
	www.christers.net /veeps/levi-morton.html (670 words)

	Levi P. Morton Online Research :: Information about Levi P. Morton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Levi Parsons Morton (May 16, 1824 â“ May 16, 1920) was a United States House of Representatives from New York and the twenty-second Vice President of the United States.
		He was a clerk in a general store in Enfield, Massachusetts, taught school in Boscawen, New Hampshire, engaged in mercantile pursuits in Hanover, New Hampshire, moved to Boston, Massachusetts, entered the dry-goods business in New York, New York and engaged in banking in New York City.
		Morton was elected as a United States Republican Party to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses, serving from March 4, 1879, until his resignation, effective March 21, 1881.
	www.in-northcarolina.com /search/Levi_P_Morton.html (328 words)

	Morton, Levi P. -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		The 22nd vice-president of the United States was Levi P. Morton, who served from 1889 to 1893 in the Republican administration of Benjamin Harrison.
		Morton also holds the distinction of having driven the ceremonial first rivet into the Statue of Liberty when construction of the monument began in France in 1881.
		Levi Parsons Morton, the son of a minister, was born on May 16, 1824, in Shoreham, Vt. …
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9330614 (632 words)

	Morton, Levi -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Morton was the son of Daniel Oliver Morton, a minister, and Lucretia Parsons.
		Levi P. Morton, a New York banker, was named for vice-president.
		The Italian writer and chemist Primo Levi is noted for his restrained and moving autobiographical account of and reflections on survival in the Nazi concentration camps.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9053855?tocId=9053855&query=levi (653 words)

	.: Biography of Vice President Levi P. Morton (1889-1893) - American Vice Presidents :. .: All American Patriots :. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Morton and Rose persuaded the British and Americans to accept international arbitration of their war claims; the U.S. to reduce its demands; and the British to pay $15 million in damages, for which the house of Morton, Rose acted as disbursing office.
		In the House, Morton was "a close listener, a silent critic, a genial answerer; neither intrusive nor obtrusive." Since Morton was wealthier than his colleagues, he was able to establish his family in a handsome house on Lafayette Square that became a popular meeting place for politicos and high society.
		Morton's withdrawal from the race, seen as an expression of his selfless sense of duty to his party (or faction of the party), raised his chances for the vice-presidential nomination in 1888.
	www.allamericanpatriots.com /m-wfsection+article+articleid-547.html (3436 words)

	AllRefer.com - Levi Parsons Morton (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Levi Parsons Morton 1824–1920, American banker, Vice President of the United States (1889–93), b.
		Shoreham, Vt. He engaged in business in Hanover, N.Y., and in Boston before organizing (1863) the New York City banking firm of Levi P. Morton and Company : which became one of the more important financial organizations in the country.
		He became interested in politics and served as a U.S. Representative (1879–81) and as minister to France (1881–85) before he was elected (1888) Vice President on the Republican party ticket along with President Benjamin Harrison.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Mortn-L.html (204 words)

	U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Sculptures > Levi P. Morton
		In 1890, with Levi P. Morton still in office, the Joint Committee on the Library included his name among vice presidents to be memorialized by marble portrait busts in the Senate Chamber.
		It is likely that in 1890 Morton suggested that the sculptor be selected to produce his bust.
		Elwell achieves a compelling evocation of an old man (Morton was 67 years old) whose soft and gently sagging skin is rendered with skillfully nuanced, almost liquid modeling.
	www.senate.gov /artandhistory/art/artifact/Sculpture_22_00022.htm (455 words)

	Levi Pa. Morton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Levi Parsons Morton (1824-1920) served as vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893 under President Benjamin Harrison.
		Morton belonged to a conservative group of Republicans called the Stalwarts.
		Morton was born in Shoreham, Vt. He entered the banking business during the Civil War (1861-1865) and became a prominent New York City banker.
	www.worldbook.com /wc/features/presidents/html/morton.htm (155 words)

	Fifth Generation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Morton "Morton" Klock was born on 30 Mar 1884 in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, NY.
		Levi P. Morton "Morton" Klock and Hazel Bonnie were married on 21 Aug 1913 in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, NY.
		After Morton's death, Hazel continued to live in Ohio [where they met and married], and reportedly remarried.
	www.rootsweb.com /~nystlawr/Brotherton/b173646.htm (84 words)

	Jewhoo! - "News & Notes"
		Morton, a Vermont born son of a minister, is of old American stock.
		In Morton's statement regarding his faith he wrote that his Old Testament name of "Levi" had created a life long interest in the Mosaic faith.
		Today, Morton told reporters that his decision to attend the Senate on the Sabbath or Jewish holy days would be decided on the "basis of need-- after prayerful contemplation." Other than that, Morton does not see how his Jewish faith would effect his duties.
	www.jewhoo.com /editor/columns/082600b.html (603 words)

	Morton
		After lengthy debate, Republican sentiment prevailed and the town was named in 1889 for Levi P. Morton, a former U.S. senator from New York and the newly-elected Vice President (under President Benjamin Harrison).
		The Morton Cemetery Association was chartered April 16, 1904, leading to the establishment of the Morton Cemetery near the junction of SR 7 and US Hwy 12, where many of the pioneers are buried (La Gra, p.
		Every year, during the second weekend in August, the Morton Loggers' Jubilee is held to commemorate the importance of logging in Morton.
	www.drizzle.com /~jtenlen/walewis/morton.html (640 words)

	Redwood and its Treasures
		In 1869 Morton purchased land on Brenton and Coggeshall Avenues and purchased the steep-pitched roof summer cottage "Fairlawn" at the southeast corner of Bellevue and Ruggles Avenues.
		Noted Bellevue Avenue entertainers, Morton and wife Lucy host a dinner party given in honor of President Ulysses S. Grant during his four day Newport stay on August 24, 1869.
		Two years later in the summer time, Levi’s wife of 15 years passed away in her 35th year of life at "Fairlawn." There were no children by this marriage.
	www.redwoodlibrary.org /notables/morton.htm (401 words)

	Feldman, Morton -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Morton Schindel devoted much of his life to making entertaining yet accurate audiovisual adaptations of great children's books.
		Morton, Levi P. The 22nd vice-president of the United States was Levi P. Morton, who served from 1889 to 1893 in the Republican administration of Benjamin Harrison.
		In her "teen room" Morton explores the myths that advertising and modern media have invented that contribute to unhealthy self-images in young women.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9033932?tocId=9033932 (536 words)

	John Morton - john morton mourton mordon mroton ohn jhn jon joh johnmorton orton mrton moton moron mortn morto
		The English cleric John Morton was born in Dorset c.1420 and died at Knowles, Kent, on September 15, 1500.
		Morton wrote in his History that at the lords council meeting in the Tower of London on 13 June 1483, Richard suddenly called his men at arms into the room and had them arrest Hastings for treason and take him outside and chop his head off on a log they found handy.
		This artikel Morton is licensed under the GNU free Documentation License.
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	Search Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Morton, Levi Parsons Morton, Levi Parsons, 1824-1920, American banker, Vice President of the United States (1889-93), b.
		Shoreham, Vt. He engaged in business in Hanover, N.Y., and in Boston before organizing (1863) the New York City banking firm of Levi P. Morton and Company—which became one of the more important financial organizations i...
		Look up Morton Levi Parsons on HighBeam™ Research.
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	HarpWeek: Cartoon of the Day
		With the country in an economic depression, and the Democratic Party deeply divided over monetary policy (stable gold versus inflationary silver), the positive prospects for a GOP victory in 1896 induced a number of Republican candidates to enter the field.
		In 1889, he became chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, using the position to ensure passage of the McKinley Tariff of 1890, which raised the average levy on imports to 48% (the highest rate in American history to that date).
		Reed again assumed the House speakership in December 1895; Platt was elected to the U.S. senate in 1896; Morton left politics after the end of his gubernatorial term in 1897; and Harrison remained in retirement.
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	Jewhoo! - "News & Notes"
		A Jewish vice-president would have been huge news in the late 19th century and Morton would have been an important footnote in American history.
		Morton was, in fact, the New England born son of a Christian minister.
		Vice President Levi Parsons Morton's startling announcement that he is a religious Jew has been the subject of widely varying reactions both in the United States and abroad.
	www.jewhoo.com /editor/columns/082600.html (620 words)

	Levi P. Morton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Los parsons Morton (de mayo el 16, 1824-May 16, 1920) de Levi eran un representante de Nueva York y del vigésimo segundo vice presidente de los Estados Unidos.
		Morton nació en Shoreham, condado de Addison, Vermont.
		Eligieron a Morton como republicano a los Cuarenta-sextos y Cuarenta-se'ptimos congresos, sirviendo del de marcha 4 de 1879, hasta su dimisión, de marcha eficaz 21 de 1881.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/le/Levi%20P%20Morton.htm (286 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Morton
		Son of Lars Gustaf Morton and Christine Hagglund Morton; married to Matilda Katherine Weiland.
		Morton, O. — of Clarion, Wright County, Iowa.
		Morton, Tom — of Coppell, Dallas County, Tex. Republican.
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/morton.html (769 words)

	Morton-Moton Family Search. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Henry E. Morton is living in Calvert Co., MD in 1852 and John H.B. Morton is living in New Orleans in 1852
		I believed he died in KY and his widow moved to AR where his brothers and her oldest's son, Thomas Morton, were living.
		She is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery with her son Samuel A. Morton, his wife, and daughter.
	wallaceworld.net /morton2.htm (1094 words)

	My Memories of Eighty Years - Chapter XIII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Morton won popular favor as vice-president, and the canvass for him looked hopeful.
		The New York delegation, however, decided to present Morton's name and submit his candidacy to a vote.
		They said of Governor Morton's father that he was a New England clergyman, who brought up a family of ten children on three hundred dollars a year, and was, notwithstanding, gifted in prayer.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/hst/biography/MyMemoriesofEightyYears/chap14.html (2912 words)

	morton
		Morton is the name of several places in the United States of America:
		Morton, France is also a commune in the Vienne département of France.
		Morton is also the name of a football (soccer) club from Greenock, Scotland:
	www.fact-library.com /morton.html (120 words)

	Catholic History of East Lewis County Washington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The town of Morton came into existence shortly after the turn of the century, and was named for a gentleman from he state of Vermont, the Vice President of the United States, Levi P. Morton.
		They took her over a trackless wilderness, fording creeks and the Cowlitz with the team and wagon; because of her Catholic heritage she was taken to Toledo to St. Francis Mission Cemetery where she could be laid to rest in consecrated ground.
		People from Morton and the Upper Cowlitz area made every effort to go to Mass at Harmony, over the most impossible roads, much of which was punching.
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	1893 Testimonial to Vice-President Levi P. Morton (books, maps, atlas) at fleatique.
		The full title of this 100+ year old book is "Testimonial to Vice-President Levi P. Morton Upon his Retirement from Office on March 4, 1893.
		Proceedings at the Banquet Given to the Vice-President by the United States Senators of the Fifty-Second Congress at the Arlington Hotel, in Washington, Monday, February 27, 1893." Published by Monitor Press of Concord, N.H. in 1893.
		Fontis engraving, with protective tissue, of Vice-President Morton with a facsimile of his signature beneath.
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	Morton Memorial Library and Community House
		The Morton Memorial Library and Community House is located in the heart of the quaint riverside hamlet of Rhinecliff.
		The building was erected by Anna L. and Levi P. Morton in memory of their daughter Lena for the use of the people of Rhinecliff.
		Levi P. Morton (1824-1920) served as Vice President of the United States, Governor of New York, Congressman from New York City, and Ambassador to France.
	www.morton.rhinecliff.lib.ny.us /2.htm (121 words)

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