| Show LEVI P MORTON LEVI PARSONS MORTON the republican candidate lor for th the vice presidency dency of the united states declined the same honor in 1889 1880 he is a banker and was born in Shore shoreham ham vermont on may 1821 1824 and is consequently turned sixty four years of av he began life as a clerk in a country store but soon showed an unusual capacity and rose rapidly on the ladder of dis unction becoming one of the leading business men of the united states he was appointed honorary commissioner to the parts paris exposition in 1878 in the same year he be was elected to congress as a republican and ws re elected in 1880 president garfield offered to nominate mr air morion for secretary of the navy or minister to france lie he selected the latter post and tilled filled it from 1881 to 1885 he was american commission er general to the paris electrical exposition the representative of the lie united states state at the sub mariae cable convention and publicly received in the name of the people of the united states the Bart bartholdi boldi statue of liberty enlightening the world he is a strong man and being from new republican party hope that bis a will be an auxiliary in the s strong ong efforts they intend to put forth for the purpose if possible of capturing that state |
