Morton, Oliver P
jurist, governor, United States senator, was born Aug. 4, 1823, in Saulsbury, Ind. In 1852 he was elected circuit judge of the fifth judicial circuit of Indiana. In 1860 he was elected lieutenant - governor of Indiana; and in 1861, on the transfer of Governor H. S.
Lane to the United States senate, assumed the office of governor and held it four years. In 1864 he was elected governor for a second term. In 1867 he was elected a senator in congress for the term ending in 1873; and was re-elected to the senate for the term ending in 1879. He died Nov. 1, 1877, in Indianapolis, Ind.