OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Levi Parsons Morton 

BORN:
May 16, 1824;
Shoreham, Vermont

DIED:
May 16, 1920 (age 96)
Rhinebeck, New York

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1838-1840:
Clerk in a General Store in Enfield, MA
1840-1841
Taught School in Boscawen, NH
1845:
Mercantile-Related Occupations in Hanover, NH
1850:
Moved to Boston, MA
1854:
Entered Dry Goods Business in New York, NY
1863:
Engaged in Banking in New York, NY
1876:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Congress
1878:
Honorary Commissioner to the Paris Exhibition of 1878
1879-1881:
U.S. House of Representatives (R-NY)
1881-1885:
U.S. Minister to France
1889-1893:
Vice President of the United States
1895-1896:
Governor of New York

RESOURCES:
U.S. Senate
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
New York Hall of Governors 
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

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