Graves donated the site to the Girl Scouts, who operated a summer camp there for seventy years
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Levi P. Morton
Levi Parsons Morton was the 22nd vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He also served as United States ambassador to France, as a United States representative from New York, and as the 31st governor of New York.
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Born 16 May 1824 · Died 16 May 1920 · Q298997
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1920· 2 entries
Died 1920-05-16.
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“The Internal Constitution of the Stars”
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1917· 1 entry
Vincent Astor served as president, with Helen Dinsmore Huntington as secretary
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1909· 1 entry
Morton received an offer from J
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1908· 1 entry
And is listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places
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1902· 1 entry
Alice Morton founded Holiday Farm, a convalescent home for children
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1896· 1 entry
But the delegates chose William McKinley
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1895· 1 entry
Career landmark: Governor of New York (1895–1896).
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1894· 2 entries
Morton was elected governor of New York, defeating Democratic nominee David B
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Morton was the successful Republican nominee for governor of New York, and he served one term, 1895 to 1896
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1891· 1 entry
A resolution to replace consideration of the Lodge Bill with a bill on a different subject passed by a vote of 35 to 34, and the Lodge Bill died
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1890· 1 entry
Morton became one of the first members of the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
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1889· 1 entry
Career landmark: Vice President of the United States (1889–1893).
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1888· 1 entry
Morton was nominated for vice president on the Republican ticket with presidential nominee Benjamin Harrison; they were elected, and Morton served as vice president from 1889 to 1893
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1886· 1 entry
Was appointed to the Hobart College board of trustees
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1885· 1 entry
Morton purchased a home and land in Hanover, New Hampshire, which he donated to Dartmouth College
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1884· 1 entry
When he signed an agreement with the Union Franco Americaine, the organization formed in France to finance the creation of the statue
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1883· 1 entry
Was one of the founders of the Metropolitan Opera
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1882· 1 entry
Middlebury College presented him with an honorary LL
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1881· 3 entries
Placed the first rivet in the construction of the Statue of Liberty
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Morton received the honorary degree of LL
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Career landmark: United States Ambassador to France (1881–1885).
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1880· 1 entry
And served from March 4, 1879, until his resignation on March 21, 1881
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1879· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1879–1881).
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1878· 1 entry
Morton was elected to represent Manhattan in the 46th Congress
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1876· 2 entries
Morton was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the 45th Congress
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Morton was named finance chairman for the Republican National Committee
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1871· 1 entry
Morton married Anna Livingston Reade Street in 1873
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1856· 1 entry
Morton married Lucy Young Kimball, the daughter of Elijah Huntingdon Kimball and Sarah Wetmore Hinsdale, in Flatlands, Brooklyn
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1838· 2 entries
Levi Morton graduated from the academy in Shoreham, Vermont
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Began work as a general store clerk in Enfield, Massachusetts
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1832· 1 entry
When his father became the minister of the Congregational church there
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1824· 2 entries
One of six children born to the Reverend Daniel Oliver Morton, a Congregational minister, and Lucretia Parsons
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Born 1824-05-16.
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