J. Sterling Morton | |
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3rd United States Secretary of Agriculture | |
In office March 7, 1893 – March 5, 1897 | |
President | Grover Cleveland William McKinley |
Preceded by | Jeremiah Rusk |
Succeeded by | James Wilson |
Governor of Nebraska Territory Acting | |
In office February 24, 1861 – March 6, 1861 | |
Preceded by | Samuel W. Black |
Succeeded by | Algernon Paddock |
In office December 5, 1858 – May 2, 1859 | |
Preceded by | William Alexander Richardson |
Succeeded by | Samuel W. Black |
Personal details | |
Born | Julius Sterling Morton April 22, 1832 Adams, New York, U.S. |
Died | April 27, 1902 Lake Forest, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 70)
Political party | Democratic |
Education | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (BA) |
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Julius Sterling Morton (April 22, 1832 – April 27, 1902) was a Nebraska newspaper editor and politician who served as President Grover Cleveland's secretary of agriculture. He was a prominent Bourbon Democrat, taking a conservative position on political, economic, and social issues, and opposing agrarianism. Among his most notable achievements was the founding of Arbor Day in 1872.[1] In 1897 he started a weekly magazine entitled The Conservative.[2]