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- Marcus_Morton abstract "Marcus Morton (1784 – February 6, 1864) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Taunton, Massachusetts. He served two terms as 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 and was reelected in another narrow victory in 1842.The Massachusetts Democratic Party was highly factionalized, which contributed to Morton's long string of defeats. His brief periods of ascendancy, however, resulted in no substantive Democratic-supported reforms, since the dominant Whigs reversed most of the changes enacted during his terms. An opponent of the extension of slavery, he split with longtime friend John C. Calhoun over that issue, and eventually left the party for the Free Soil movement. He was considered by Martin Van Buren as a potential vice presidential running mate in 1848.".
- Marcus_Morton activeYearsEndDate "1825-02-06".
- Marcus_Morton activeYearsEndDate "1841-01-07".
- Marcus_Morton activeYearsStartDate "1840-01-18".
- Marcus_Morton activeYearsStartDate "1843-01-17".
- Marcus_Morton birthDate "1784-12-19".
- Marcus_Morton birthPlace East_Freetown,_Massachusetts.
- Marcus_Morton birthYear "1784".
- Marcus_Morton child Marcus_Morton_(judge).
- Marcus_Morton deathDate "1864-02-06".
- Marcus_Morton deathPlace Taunton,_Massachusetts.
- Marcus_Morton deathYear "1864".
- Marcus_Morton governor William_Eustis.
- Marcus_Morton lieutenant George_Hull_(Massachusetts).
- Marcus_Morton lieutenant Henry_H._Childs.
- Marcus_Morton orderInOffice "12th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts".
- Marcus_Morton orderInOffice "16th & 18th".
- Marcus_Morton orderInOffice "Governor of Massachusetts".
- Marcus_Morton orderInOffice "Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th district".
- Marcus_Morton party Democratic-Republican_Party.
- Marcus_Morton party Democratic_Party_(United_States).
- Marcus_Morton party Free_Soil_Party.
- Marcus_Morton successor Francis_Baylies.
- Marcus_Morton successor George_N._Briggs.
- Marcus_Morton successor John_Davis_(Massachusetts_governor).
- Marcus_Morton successor Thomas_L._Winthrop.
- Marcus_Morton thumbnail Marcus_Morton.jpg?width=300.
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- Marcus_Morton after Francis_Baylies.
- Marcus_Morton after George_N._Briggs.
- Marcus_Morton after John_Davis_(Massachusetts_governor).
- Marcus_Morton after Levi_Lincoln,_Jr..
- Marcus_Morton after Thomas_L._Winthrop.
- Marcus_Morton as "Governor".
- Marcus_Morton before Edward_Everett.
- Marcus_Morton before John_Davis_(Massachusetts_governor).
- Marcus_Morton before Laban_Wheaton.
- Marcus_Morton before Levi_Lincoln,_Jr..
- Marcus_Morton before William_Eustis.
- Marcus_Morton birthDate "1784".
- Marcus_Morton birthPlace East_Freetown,_Massachusetts.
- Marcus_Morton caption "Portrait by Robert Gordon Hardie, 1900".
- Marcus_Morton children Marcus_Morton_(judge).
- Marcus_Morton children "Nathaniel Morton".
- Marcus_Morton dateOfBirth "--12-19".
- Marcus_Morton dateOfDeath "1864-02-06".
- Marcus_Morton deathDate "1864-02-06".
- Marcus_Morton deathPlace Taunton,_Massachusetts.
- Marcus_Morton district "10".
- Marcus_Morton governor William_Eustis.
- Marcus_Morton hasPhotoCollection Marcus_Morton.
- Marcus_Morton lieutenant George_Hull_(Massachusetts).
- Marcus_Morton lieutenant Henry_H._Childs.
- Marcus_Morton name "Marcus Morton".
- Marcus_Morton name "Morton, Marcus".
- Marcus_Morton office "Governor of Massachusetts".
- Marcus_Morton order "12".
- Marcus_Morton order "16".
- Marcus_Morton order "Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th district".
- Marcus_Morton party Democratic-Republican_Party.
- Marcus_Morton party Democratic_Party_(United_States).
- Marcus_Morton party Free_Soil_Party.
- Marcus_Morton placeOfBirth East_Freetown,_Massachusetts.
- Marcus_Morton placeOfDeath Taunton,_Massachusetts.
- Marcus_Morton predecessor Edward_Everett.
- Marcus_Morton predecessor John_Davis_(Massachusetts_governor).
- Marcus_Morton predecessor Laban_Wheaton.
- Marcus_Morton predecessor Levi_Lincoln,_Jr..
- Marcus_Morton profession "lawyer, politician".
- Marcus_Morton shortDescription "Massachusetts Democratic governor and Supreme Judicial Court associate justice".
- Marcus_Morton signature "MarcusMortonSignature.png".
- Marcus_Morton state "Massachusetts".
- Marcus_Morton successor Francis_Baylies.
- Marcus_Morton successor George_N._Briggs.
- Marcus_Morton successor John_Davis_(Massachusetts_governor).
- Marcus_Morton successor Thomas_L._Winthrop.
- Marcus_Morton termEnd "--02-06".
- Marcus_Morton termEnd "1821".
- Marcus_Morton termEnd "1825".
- Marcus_Morton termEnd "1841-01-07".
- Marcus_Morton termEnd "Acting Governor".
- Marcus_Morton termEnd "January 1844".
- Marcus_Morton termStart "1817".
- Marcus_Morton termStart "1824".
- Marcus_Morton termStart "1840-01-18".
- Marcus_Morton termStart "1843-01-17".
- Marcus_Morton title Governor_of_Massachusetts.
- Marcus_Morton title Lieutenant_Governor_of_Massachusetts.
- Marcus_Morton title Massachusetts_Supreme_Judicial_Court.
- Marcus_Morton title "Acting Governor of Massachusetts".
- Marcus_Morton wordnet_type synset-governor-noun-1.
- Marcus_Morton wordnet_type synset-incumbent-noun-1.
- Marcus_Morton years "--01-17".
- Marcus_Morton years "--01-18".