 julius sterling morton (april 22, 1832 â april 27, 1902) was a nebraska newspaper editor who served as president grover cleveland's secretary of agriculture. he was a prominent bourbon democrat, taking the conservative position on political, economic and social issues, and opposing agrarianism. in 1897 he started a weekly magazine entitled the conservative.see the conservative morton was born in adams, jefferson county, new york. he was raised in detroit and attended school at the university of michigan. he was a member of chi psi fraternity at michigan. after receiving his diploma in 1854, he moved with his bride, caroline joy french, to nebraska, which was not yet organized as a territory, and staked a claim in nebraska city. soon after arriving there, morton became the editor of the local newspaper, the nebraska city news. morton served briefly in the nebraska territorial house of representatives (1855â1856). he was appointed secretary of nebraska territory by president james buchanan on july 12, 1858, a position he held until 1861. morton also served as acting governor of nebraska from december&nbsp;5, 1858, to may&nbsp;2, 1859. j. sterling morton built a 52-room mansion that is a look-alike of the white house in what is now arbor lodge state historical park, nebraska city, nebraska. on the surrounding estate, morton indulged his fascination with trees, planting many rare varieties and h
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