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Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (August 4, 1823 – November 1, 1877), commonly known as Oliver P. Morton, was a U.S. Republican Party politician from Indiana. He served as the 14th governor of Indiana during the American Civil War, and was a stalwart ally of President Abraham Lincoln.
OLIVER P. MORTON was the first Indiana-born man to hold the office of governor. Born in Salisbury, Wayne County, Indiana, Morton worked as a hatter's apprentice for four years before he attended Miami University in Ohio and studied law both in Centerville, Indiana, and in law school at Cincinnati.
Civil War governor. (Aug. 4, 1823-Nov. 1, 1877). A Wayne County, Indiana native, Oliver P. Morton spent two years at Miami University (Ohio) and one term at Cincinnati College Law School. He read law and established his practice at Centerville.
1 de dic. de 2018 · As Indiana's war governor and Reconstruction-era senator, Morton was a dynamic force for union amid rebellion and equally a champion of redefining what the United States meant in the wake of a war that ended slavery, freed millions of African Americans, and left a stark legacy of conflict and strife from battlefields to the halls of ...
Oliver P. Morton, the man who became a symbol of the Civil War and Reconstruction, was born near Centerville, Indiana, in Wayne County, in 1823, and he later became the first native son to win the governor’s chair.
1 de nov. de 2017 · The year was 1876 and the Hoosier frontrunner was Senator Oliver P. Morton. As the fight for the Republican nomination began in earnest in 1875, it looked like the Indiana senator might indeed win the day. Throughout his career, he had worked hard to help his fellow Republicans, often traveling to campaign for them during election ...
Issues related to economics and power, race and slavery dominated Indiana politics during the Civil War. At the center of it all stood Governor Oliver P. Morton, whose strong personality, skillful leadership, and sometimes ruthless policies made him the most prominent figure in the state’s political battles.
