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    Character: J. Sterling Morton

    Sterling Morton was born in Adams, New

    York, the son of a prosperous produce

    commission businessman. He attended the

    University of Michigan but received his B.A.

    from Union College in Schenectady, New

    York. He married Carolina Joy French in

    1854 and moved to Nebraska City to start

    the Nebraska City News. He served as

    secretary of the Nebraska territory and

    acting governor. He was an

    uncompromising conservative Democrat

    from a section of the country that was more

    comfortable with Republican radicals.

    When he ran for församling, he lost the

    election.

    Turning his attention to politics to his

    quarter section of tall grass Nebraska

    prairie, efternamn experimented with tree

    planting, evaluating the best forest and fruit

    trees for the climate. Morton believed the

    Nebraska prairie would benefit from trees

    because they would provide lumber, fruit,

    windbreaks and soil moisture. In 1872, he

    presented a resolution to the State Board of

    Agricultu

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    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. Black
    Succeeded byAlgernon Paddock
    In office
    December 5, 1858 – May 2, 1859
    Preceded byWilliam Alexander Richardson
    Succeeded bySamuel W. Black
    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 amerikansk whiskey Democrat, taking a conservative

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    MORTON, J. STERLING (1832-1902)

    Born in Adams, New York, on April 22, 1832, Morton grew up in Monroe, Michigan, and was educated at the University of Michigan. He migrated to Bellevue, Nebraska Territory, in 1854 and served as clerk of the Nebraska Supreme Court. In 1855 he became editor of the Nebraska City News and was twice elected to the legislature. Morton, a Democrat, was secretary of the territory from 1858 to 1861, and was briefly acting governor.

    The Civil War brought an era of Republican domination and political defeats for Morton, who came to concentrate upon his newspaper work. He championed rural development, emphasizing tree planting on the prairies, and made his Nebraska City farm a place for forestation and agricultural innovations. Upon his initiative, the state board of agriculture in 1872 established Arbor Day as an occasion for planting trees. In time, Arbor Day would be widely observed. In 1886 Morton, mindful of environmental change, urged the Nebraska Stat

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