Morton, LEVI PARSONS, was born at Shoreham, Vermont, 16th May 1824, was first a country storekeeper's assistant, then partner in a Boston firm of merchants, and in 1863 founded banking-houses in New York and London. In 1878 and 1880 he was returned to congress as a Republican; in 1881-85 he was minister to France; and in 1888-93 he was vice-president of the United States, in 1895 governor of New York State.
Morton, LEVI PARSONS
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