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  • American public official and journalist J. Sterling Morton served as US secretary of agriculture under President Grover Cleveland from 1893 to 1897.
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  • Julius Sterling Morton was born in Adams, Jefferson County, New York, on April 22, 1832 to Julius Dewey and Emeline Sterling Morton.
  • Morton was an ardent defender of slavery before the Civil War. He opposed the Emancipation Proclamation during the war, and for the rest of his life maintained.

    • Julius Sterling Morton

    American politician

    J. Sterling Morton

    In office
    March 7, 1893 – March 5, 1897
    PresidentGrover Cleveland
    William McKinley
    Preceded byJeremiah Rusk
    Succeeded byJames Wilson
    In office
    February 24, 1861 – March 6, 1861
    Preceded bySamuel W.

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    Succeeded byAlgernon Paddock
    In office
    December 5, 1858 – May 2, 1859
    Preceded byWilliam Alexander Richardson
    Succeeded bySamuel W.

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    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