OLIVER PERRY MORTON Indiana Governor Civil War Lincoln, 1877 Art Print Engraving

Description: OLIVER PERRY MORTON Artist: unknown _________________ Engraver: J. C Buttre IMAGE IS MUCH SHARPER AND CLEARER THAN SCAN SHOWS !! A HIGH QUALITY STEEL ENGRAVING BOOKPLATE FROM THE 1880'S!! PERFECT FOR FRAMING AS AN ART PRINT FOR YOUR DEN !! VERY ANTIQUE & OLD WORLD LOOKING. ITEM(s) OVER 115 YEARS OLD!! OLIVER PERRY MORTON, a lawyer, senator, and prominent leader of the Republican party, was born in Wayne County, Indiana, August 4. 1823. His paternal grandfather was one of three brothers, who sottied in Now Jersey, in the days when the New World was constantly receiving acquisitions from the Old, in the form of energetic and enterprising men ready to labor for the furtherance of their own interests and those of a new and promising country. They were descended from the Earl of Throckmorton; but the Senator's fattier, when lie became a Western pioneer, dropped the Throck, and afterward wrote his name William. T. Morton. The mother of Oliver P. Morion, an intelligent and benevolent woman, died when he was quite young, and consequently his education was left to the care of others. During early boyhood he attended school through the winter months, and, as lie grew older, worked at the hatters' trade. When lie was fourteen years old, he was sent to a seminary in his native county, where General Lew. Wallace was among his schoolmates. Young Morton was twenty years old when he entered Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, where lie was a close student, and where lie remained two years. After leaving college, lie studied law, and in 1847, at the age of twenty-four, he was admitted to the bar, and opened an office in Centreville, Indiana. In ten years his practice had grown lucrative, and he was favorably known throughout that State and Ohio. When Mr. Morton first took an interest in politics his sympathies were with the Democratic party. In 1852 he was elected Circuit Judge, but soon after retired from the beuch, to return to his increasing practice. In 1854 the Missouri Compromise and the Kansas-Nebraska Bill were the means of adding him to the ranks of the Republican party. Two years later that party nominated him for Governor of his native State, he was defeated; but in 1860 lie was nominated for Lieutenant-Governor, with Henry S. Lane for Governor. They were elected. When the Indiana Legislature convened early in 1861, Governor Lane was elected to the Senate of the United States; and Morton became Governor in his stead, lie unquestionably rendered great service to the General Government during the war for the Union, and truly merited his name of " the great War Governor." The day before the President's call for troops, Governor Morton offered him fen thousand men. The Legislature voted and placed under his control five hundred thousand dollars for arms and ammunition, together with one hundred thousand dollars for military contingencies; they also voted a million dollars for enlisting and maintaining troops, and providing munitions of war. The whole history of the military operations of the State of Indiana during the war was highly honorable to the citizens of one of the most patriotic of the United States. Those who remained at home were unceasing in their efforts for the benefit of those who had gone forth to battle. Early in 1862 the State Sanitary Commission was organized, in accordance with the suggestions and plans of Governor Horton. The officers and agents of the Com- mission conducted the large and important business entrusted to them with great zeal and faithfulness. When the armies on the Mississippi, and at Nashville, Tennessee, were suffering for lack of food, and the sick in the hospitals were almost destitute of proper supplies, the Governor dispatched boat after boat, laden with everything that could contribute to the comfort of the men. He established a Soldier's Home, and employed many additional surgeons to administer to the sick and wounded in the hospitals and in the field. In 1864 he was elected Governor for a second term. In 1865, having been stricken with paralysis, lie visited Europe, with the hope that change of climate would benefit him. He was, however, from that time a cripple. He returned home in 1866, and entered into politics more actively than ever, in spite of his ill-health. In that year he was elected to the United States Senate for the term of 1867-73, and upon its expiration was re-elected. Throughout his Senatorship he was known as the most radical of the leading Republicans. In 1870 President Grant nominated him Minister to England, but he declined, he served upon the Committees on Foreign Relations, Agriculture, Military Affairs, and Private Laud Claims. Senator Morton possessed a large and powerful frame, and it was a singular spectacle to see this strong man supported to his place in the Senate chamber. His most able speeches were made while seated in his chair at the National Capitol. He died at his home, in Indianapolis, Indiana, November 2,1877. SIZE: Image size in inches is 4 1/2" x 5", overall page size is 6 1/2 " x 9 1/2". CONDITION: Condition is good. Light age toning. Nothing on reverse. SHIPPING: Buyers to pay shipping/handling, domestic orders receives priority mail, international orders receive regular mail. We pack properly to protect your item! An engraving is an intaglio process of printing, with the design to be produced is cut below the surface of the plate (made of copper, steel or wood), and the incised lines are filled with ink that is then transferred to paper. The portraits on our currency are good examples of engraved images. A Photogravure is an intaglio process in which the plate is produced photographically. Please note: the terms used in our auctions for engraving, heliogravure, lithograph, line drawing, photogravure etc. are ALL images on paper. THIS IS AN ACTUAL STEEL ENGRAVING FROM THE 1870's! NOT A REPRODUCTION!

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