# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/julius-sterling-morton
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:35:53.437Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/julius-sterling-morton"
name: "Julius Sterling Morton"
slug: "julius-sterling-morton"
description: "Julius Sterling Morton was a Nebraska newspaper editor and politician who served as President Grover Cleveland's secretary of agriculture. He was a prominent Bourbon Democrat, taking a conservative position on political, economic, and social issues, and opposing agrarianism. Among his most notable achievements was the founding of Arbor Day in 1872. In 1897 he started a weekly magazine entitled The Conservative."
tagline: "American politician (1832-1902)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JSMorton.jpg?width=1200"
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country:
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birthDate: "1832-04-22"
deathDate: "1902-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump