Marcus Morton
Massachusetts Democratic governor and Supreme Judicial Court associate justice (1784-1864) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 79
Marcus Morton was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Taunton, Massachusetts. He served two terms as the governor of Massachusetts and several months as Acting Governor following the death in 1825 of William Eustis.
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Levi Lincoln Jr., who appointed Morton to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court but soon after became a political opponent
Engraved portrait of Morton
George Bancroft, historian and Massachusetts Democratic Party organizer
George N. Briggs defeated Morton in the 1843 election.
Martin Van Buren, daguerreotype c. 1849 by Mathew BradyAbout this person
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 was elected in a narrow victory in 1842.
