- Anna Morton
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name = Anna Morton
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birth_date = birth date|1846|5|18
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death_date = death date and age|1918|8|14|1846|5|18
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order=Second Lady of the United States
term_start=March 4 ,1889
term_end=March 4 ,1893
predecessor =Eliza Hendricks
successor =Letitia Stevenson
order2= First Lady ofNew York
term_start2=January 1 ,1895
term_end2=December 31 ,1896
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spouse =Levi P. Morton
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Anna Livingston Reade Street Morton (
May 18 ,1846 —August 14 ,1918 ) was the second wife ofUnited States Vice PresidentLevi P. Morton . She was known as Anna Street Morton.Anna married Morton in 1873, and they had five daughters together. She was
Second Lady of the United States from 1889 to 1893 and often handled entertaining duties for the administration due to First LadyCaroline Harrison 's illness and ultimate death. During this time, Mrs. Morton "became the leader of society in Washington, and there was never a more brilliant and popular leader than she. It was her innate graciousness, her innate tact, and her kindness of heart . . . which won her admiration and respect of all" [http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_Levi_Morton.htm] . She later was First Lady ofNew York from 1895 to 1897.References
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* [http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/henry/genealogy/robert2.htm Descendants of Robert Livingston, 1st Lord of Livingston Manor and Alida Schuyler]
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