| LC control no. | n 86025920 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Morton, Oliver P. (Oliver Perry), 1823-1877 |
| Variant(s) | Morton, Oliver Perry, 1823-1877 Morton, Governor (Oliver Perry), 1823-1877 Morton, O. P. (Oliver Perry), 1823-1877 |
| See also | Indiana. Governor (1861-1867 : Morton) |
| Birth date | 1823-08-04 |
| Death date | 1877-11-01 |
| Place of birth | Salisbury (Ind.) |
| Place of death | Indianapolis (Ind.) |
| Affiliation | Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Judges Governors Lieutenant governors |
| Found in | NUCMC data from LOC, Mss. Div. for Barbour, L. Papers, 1838-1977 (Oliver P. Morton; Oliver Hazard Perry Morton, 1823-1877) Fahnestock, J. To Governor Morton: Indianapolis, January 1st, 1862. His Excellency: O.P. Morton ... 1862. LC data base, 5-7-87 (hdg.: Morton, Oliver Perry, 1823-1877) WwWA, 1607-1896 (Morton, Oliver Hazard Perry; 1823-1877; sen., gov. Ind.; s. James Throck & Sarah (Miller) M.; m. Lucinda Burbank; judge, 6th jud. circuit ct., Ind.; gov. Indiana, 1861-67; active supporter of civil war efforts; mem. US sen. from Ind., 1867-77; res.: Indianapolis) NUCMC data from Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center for His Papers, 1862-1891 (Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton) Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, March 7, 2017 (Morton, Oliver Hazard Perry Throck, a Senator from Indiana; born in Salisbury, Wayne County, Ind., August 4, 1823; attended a private school in Springfield, Ohio; apprenticed to a hatter and worked at the trade four years; attended Wayne County Seminary, Centerville, Ind., and Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in Centerville; elected judge of the sixth judicial circuit of Indiana in 1852; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor in 1856; elected lieutenant governor in 1860 and upon the election of the Governor to the United States Senate became Governor of Indiana in 1861; elected Governor in 1864; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1867; reelected in 1873 and served from March 4, 1867, until his death; chairman, Committee on Manufactures (Forty-first Congress), Committee on Agriculture (Forty-second Congress), Committee on Privileges and Elections (Forty-second through Forty-fifth Congresses); appointed a member of the Electoral Commission of 1877, to decide the contests in various states in the presidential election of 1876; died in Indianapolis, Ind., November 1, 1877; interment in Crown Hill Cemetery.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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