 Portrait of Massachusetts Governor Marcus Morton. Image by Attributed to either James Frothingham or Chester Harding, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
Lilian BriggsMarcus Morton Marcus Morton American jurist and politician This article is about the Governor of Massachusetts. For his son, see Marcus Morton (judge). For the poet, see Morton Marcus. Marcus Morton (1784 – February 6, 1864) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Taunton, Massachusetts. He served two terms as the governor of Massachusetts and several months as Acting Governor following the death in 1825 of William Eustis. He served for 15 years as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, all the while running unsuccessfully as a Democrat for governor. He finally won the 1839 election, acquiring exactly the number of votes required for a majority win over Edward Everett. After losing the 1840 and 1841… (Source: Wikipedia)
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