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1998 Movie Awards

1998 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Best PictureOut of SightBest ActorBrendan Gleeson, The General and I Went DownBest ActressSamantha Morton, Under the Skin Best Supporting Actor (tie)…

Morton, Jelly Roll

(Encyclopedia) Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890–1941, American jazz musician, composer, and band leader, originally named Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe, b. Gulfport, La. He began studying piano as a child and in…

Morton, Julius Sterling

(Encyclopedia) Morton, Julius Sterling, 1832–1902, American cabinet officer, b. Adams, N.Y. He settled (1854) in Nebraska, founded the Nebraska City News, and served (1858–61) as territorial…

Morton, Levi Parsons

(Encyclopedia) Morton, Levi Parsons, 1824–1920, American banker, Vice President of the United States (1889–93), b. Shoreham, Vt. He engaged in business in Hanover, N.Y., and in Boston before…

Morton, Oliver Perry

(Encyclopedia) Morton, Oliver Perry, 1823–77, American political leader, b. Salisbury, Ind. He was admitted (1847) to the bar and began practice in Centerville, Ind. Morton helped organize the…

Morton, Rosalie Slaughter

(Encyclopedia) Morton, Rosalie Slaughter, 1876–1955, American surgeon, b. Lynchburg, Va., M.D. Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1897. She was the first woman faculty member of both the New…

Morton, Sarah Wentworth

(Encyclopedia) Morton, Sarah Wentworth, 1759–1846, American author, b. Boston. Under her pseudonym, Philenia, she wrote such works as Ouâbi: Or the Virtues of Nature (1790), a sentimental Native…

Jackson MORTON, Congress, FL (1794-1874)

Senate Years of Service: 1849-1855Party: WhigMORTON, Jackson, (brother of Jeremiah Morton), a Senator from Florida; born near Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Va., August 10, 1794;…

Jeremiah MORTON, Congress, VA (1799-1878)

MORTON, Jeremiah, (brother of Jackson Morton), a Representative from Virginia; born in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Va., September 3, 1799; attended a private school and Washington…

John MORTON, Congress, PA (1724-1777)

MORTON, John, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born near the old Morris Ferry (now the Darby Creek Bridge), Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pa., in 1724; attended the common school for about…