death_date termstart termend birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place title profession order term_start image predecessor birth_place president party office successor religion article_title
27 april 1902 december 5 , 1858 february 24 , 1861 may 2 , 1859 march 6 , 1861 22 april 1832 march 5 , 1897 university of michigan lake forest , illinois , u.s. united states secretary of agriculture politician 3rd march 7 , 1893 jsmorton.jpg jeremiah m. rusk william alexander richardson samuel w. black adams , new york , u.s. grover cleveland democrat acting governor of nebraska james wilson samuel w. black algernon paddock episcopalian julius sterling morton

julius sterling morton

julius sterling morton -lrb- april 22 , 1832 -- april 27 , 1902 -rrb- 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 '' .
