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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsMarcus MORTON
(1784-1864)
MORTON, Marcus, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Freetown, Mass.,
December 19, 1784; pursued classical studies and was graduated from
Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1804; studied law; was
admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of his profession in
Taunton, Mass.; clerk of the State senate in 1811; elected as a
Republican to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses (March 4,
1817-March 3, 1821); chairman, Committee on Revisal and Unfinished
Business (Sixteenth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection to the Seventeenth Congress; executive councilor in
1823; elected Lieutenant Governor in 1823; judge of the supreme
court 1825-1840; Governor of Massachusetts 1840-1841 and 1843-1844;
appointed by President Polk collector of customs in Boston and
served from 1845 to 1849; delegate to the State constitutional
convention in 1853; member of the State house of representatives in
1858; died in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., February 6, 1864;
interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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