Back يوليوس ستيرلينغ مورتون Arabic يوليوس ستيرلينج مورتون ARZ جولیوس ایسترلینق مورتون AZB Julius Sterling Morton Danish Julius Sterling Morton German Julius Sterling Morton French Ստերլինգ Մորտոն Armenian ジュリアス・スターリング・モートン Japanese Julius Sterling Morton Polish Мортон, Стерлинг Russian
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 (aged 70) Lake Forest, Illinois, U.S. |
| 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]
- ^ "The History of Arbor Day". Retrieved March 25, 2016.
- ^ see The Conservative