Julius Sterling Morton

J. Sterling Morton
3rd United States Secretary of Agriculture
In office
March 7, 1893 – March 5, 1897
PresidentGrover Cleveland
William McKinley
Preceded byJeremiah Rusk
Succeeded byJames Wilson
Governor of Nebraska Territory
Acting
In office
February 24, 1861 – March 6, 1861
Preceded bySamuel W. Black
Succeeded byAlgernon Paddock
In office
December 5, 1858 – May 2, 1859
Preceded byWilliam Alexander Richardson
Succeeded bySamuel W. Black
Personal details
Born
Julius Sterling Morton

(1832-04-22)April 22, 1832
Adams, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 27, 1902(1902-04-27) (aged 70)
Lake Forest, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity 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]

  1. ^ "The History of Arbor Day". Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  2. ^ see The Conservative