Governor Oliver P. Morton

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Governor
gptkbp:advocatesFor Emancipation Proclamation
gptkbp:affiliation Unionist
gptkbp:birthDate August 4, 1823
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Wayne_County,_Indiana
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Crown_Hill_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Mary_Morton
gptkb:William_Morton
George Morton
gptkbp:contributedTo Reconstruction efforts
gptkbp:deathDate November 1, 1877
gptkbp:education gptkb:Wabash_College
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Governor Oliver P. Morton
gptkbp:image Oliver_P._Morton.jpg
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:isGovernedBy gptkb:Indiana
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy Indiana's_political_landscape
gptkbp:isInvolvedIn gptkb:U.S._House_of_Representatives
gptkb:Indiana_State_Senate
Civil Rights advocacy
gptkbp:isKnownFor Political oratory
gptkbp:isMemberOf gptkb:Republican_National_Committee
Freemasonry
gptkbp:isPartOf Economic development
Education reform
Infrastructure development
Civil service reform
Veterans'_rights
gptkbp:isRecognizedFor Leadership during wartime
gptkbp:knownFor Advocating_for_the_Union_during_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:legacy Prominent_figure_in_Indiana_politics
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork Civil War leadership
gptkbp:occupation Lawyer
gptkbp:office Governor_of_Indiana
gptkbp:opposedBy Confederate sympathizers
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:politicalPosition Governor_during_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Edward_A._Hannegan
gptkbp:relatedTo Indiana_history
gptkbp:role Political leader
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:U.S._House_of_Representatives
gptkb:Indiana_Senate
gptkbp:spouse Lucinda Morton
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Conrad_Baker
gptkbp:supported gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:termEnd January 8, 1867
gptkbp:termStart January 21, 1861
gptkbp:wasFoundedIn Post-war politics