| 词条 | George W. Morton |
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| name = George William Morton | image = | birth_date = July 5, 1793 | birth_place = Manhattan, New York City | death_date = May 7, 1865 | death_place = Hoboken, New Jersey | residence = Hoboken, New Jersey | office = Mayor of Hoboken | order = 3rd | term_start = April 1858 | term_end = April 1859 | predecessor = Franklin B. Carpenter | successor = Franklin B. Carpenter | party = Democratic | religion = | spouse = | children = | website = }}George William Morton (July 5, 1793 - May 7, 1865) was an American politician who served as the Clerk of the Court for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York under Judge Samuel Rossiter Betts.[1] He was the third Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey from 1858 to 1859.[1] BiographyHe was born on July 5, 1793 in Manhattan, New York City to Jacob Morton and Catherine Ludlow. He later married Caroline Augusta Denning. Morton served as the first Treasurer of Hoboken, New Jersey being elected in the 1855 Charter election.[2] He was appointed as a Water Commissioner in 1857.[3] Morton was the Democratic nominee for mayor in 1858.[4] He served a single term and was defeated by his predecessor in the 1859 election. Morton was the Clerk of the Court for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York under Judge Samuel Rossiter Betts.[1] He died on May 7, 1865 in Hoboken, New Jersey.[5] References1. ^{{cite book | last=Winfield | first=Charles | year=1874 | publisher=Kennard & Hay Stationery M'fg and Print. Co | location=New York, NY | title=History of the County of Hudson, New Jersey: from its earliest settlement to the present time | page=319}} {{Hoboken Mayors}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Morton, George W.}}2. ^{{cite news | work=The New York Times | date=April 14, 1855 | title=New Jersey; Hoboken Charter Election | page=1 | url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1855/04/14/76445890.pdf}} 3. ^{{cite news | work=The New York Times | date=December 3, 1857 | title=New-Jersey.; Injunction Refused. Election of Officers. The Hoboken Water Question | url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1857/12/03/78514329.pdf | accessdate=December 9, 2010}} 4. ^{{cite news | work=The New York Times | date=April 10, 1858 | title=New Jersey Items |quote=Mayor - George W. Morton| url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1858/04/10/78533590.pdf}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite news | work=New York Times | date=May 9, 1865 | title=Death of George W. Morton| url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70A17FF3F5C137A93CBA9178ED85F418684F9 |quote=Mr. Morton, for many years clerk of the District Court of the United States, presided over by Judge Betts, in this city, died on Sunday morning at his residence in Hoboken. ...| accessdate=December 9, 2010}} 4 : 1865 deaths|Mayors of Hoboken, New Jersey|1793 births|19th-century American politicians |
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