politician
Marcus Morton.
Massachusetts Democratic governor and Supreme Judicial Court associate justice (1784-1864)
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About Marcus Morton
Marcus Morton 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 elections, he was elected in a narrow victory in 1842.
Everything about Marcus Morton →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, judge, governor
- Position held
- United States representative, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Governor of Massachusetts, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 19, 1784
- Died
- February 6, 1864