Preceded by William H. Moody Role Pastor Name Paul Morton | Political party Republican | |
Born May 22, 1857
Detroit, Michigan, U.S. ( 1857-05-22 ) Died February 19, 1911(1911-02-19) (aged 53)
New York City, New York, U.S. Profession Politician, Businessman Education J. C. Patterson Collegiate Institute Parents Clarence Leslie Morton, Sr., Matilda Elizabeth Morton Children PJ Morton, Jasmine Morton-Ross, Christiann Williams Movies Bishop Paul S. Morton: Let It Rain, Show Yourself Mighty Albums Best Days Yet, Embracing The Next Dimension, Memorable Moments, Bishop Morton Celebrate, Cry Your Last Tear Profiles | ||
Succeeded by Charles J. Bonaparte | ||
Bishop Paul Morton Preaching at Mega Fest 2005
Paul Morton (May 22, 1857 – February 19, 1911) was a U.S. businessman, and served as the 36th Secretary of the Navy under Theodore Roosevelt.
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- Bishop Paul Morton Preaching at Mega Fest 2005
- Rev paul morton singing god s gonna wipe all your tears away aka your tears 1984
- Biography
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Rev paul morton singing god s gonna wipe all your tears away aka your tears 1984
Biography
He served as the U.S. Secretary of the Navy between 1904 and 1905. Previous to this, he had been vice president of the Santa Fe Railroad. When it came to light that the Santa Fe had given illegal rebates under Morton, he was forced out of the cabinet to avoid scandal, though Roosevelt maintained that Morton himself was unaware of the improprieties. After leaving government service, Morton was President of Equitable Life Assurance Society.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, and growing up in Nebraska City, Nebraska, he was the younger brother of Joy Morton, founder of Morton Salt, and the son of Julius Sterling Morton, who had served as Secretary of Agriculture under President Grover Cleveland. Though his father was a "Bourbon" (i.e. conservative) Democrat, Paul Morton was a Progressive Republican. This shift of party by father/son cabinet secretaries is paralleled by that of Henry Cantwell Wallace, who served as a Progressive Republican Secretary of Agriculture under Harding and Coolidge, and his son Henry A. Wallace who served in the same office as a Democrat under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
George Burroughs Torrey painted a portrait of him.