Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (1823 - 1877)

Born 4 Aug 1823 in Salisbury, Wayne, Indiana, United States

Husband of Lucinda Maria (Burbank) Morton — married 15 May 1845 in Centerville, Wayne County, Indiana, United States

Died 1 Nov 1877 at age 54 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States

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Preceded by
Henry Smith Lane

14th Governor of Indiana
1861 - 1867

Succeeded by
Conrad Baker

Preceded by
Henry Smith Lane

US Senator (Class 3) from Indiana
1867 - 1877

Succeeded by
Daniel W. Voorhees

Biography

Oliver P. Morton is Notable.

His full name was Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton. He was born in Salisbury, Wayne County, Indiana on August 4, 1823, to James Throck and Sarah Miller Morton. He was orphaned at a young age and raised by his grandparents and aunts. He attended school at Wayne County Seminary and college at Oxford in Ohio. Oliver never graduated from Oxford, however, he learned enough, and knew that he wanted to study law. After studying law in Centerville at the law office of John S. Newman on North Morton Avenue, known now as the Toll House. He was a successful lawyer and later becoming a Circuit Judge.

Lieutenant Governor Morton resided in Centerville, Indiana at 313 West Main Street until becoming Indiana's 14th Governor in 1861. Governor Henry Smith Lane left to serve as a U. S. Senator leaving Lieutenant Governor Morton as Governor of Indiana. He was best known as War Governor of Indiana during the Civil War. Morton, a strong Union Man quickly pledged 10,000 men to Lincoln as the Civil War began. Morton personally raised $500,000 in a matter of days, $100,000 of that coming from Richmond native Mark E. Reeves, then a merchant in Cincinnati. He was re-elected to a second term in 1873 but died before his term was complete. He is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. Find A Grave: Memorial #7953^[1][2] Historic Centerville Indiana The Oliver P. Morton House

• Morton County, Kansas, and Morton County, North Carolina are both named in his honor.

For more information

Biographical and Genealogical History of Wayne, Fayette, Union and Franklin Counties, Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1899: 91-93. [Adult Non-Fiction 920.0772 B61a]

Foulke, William Dudley. Life of Oliver P. Morton. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1898. [Adult Biography B M891f]

Fox, Henry Clay. Memoirs of Wayne County and the City of Richmond Indiana. Madison, Wis.: Western Historical Assn., 1912: 183-198. [Adult Non-Fiction 977.263 F79a]

French, William M., ed. Life, speeches, state papers, and public services of Gov. Oliver P. Morton. Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, & Baldwin, Printers, 1866, c1863.n [Adult Biography B M891fr]

Stampp, Kenneth M. Indiana Politics During the Civil War.Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau, 1949. [Brown Room 977.2 S78]

Walker, Charles M. Sketch of the life, character, and public services of Oliver P. Morton. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Journal, 1878. [Brown Room B M891w]

Young, Andrew W. History of Wayne County, Indiana. Cincinnati, Oh.: Robert Clarke & Co., 1872: 189-190. [Adult Non-Fiction 977.263 I61a2 ]^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ https://mrlinfo.org/history/biography/mortonop.htm
2. ↑ http://www.indiananationalroad.org/hometour.html
3. ↑ Morrisson-Reeves Library, Richmond, Indiana U.S.A.

• Find A Grave Memorial# 7953

• Oliver_P._Morton on Wikipedia

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress