Anna Morton

Anna Livingston Reade Morton ( Street; May 18, 1846 – August 14, 1918) was the second wife of United States Vice President Levi P. Morton and the second lady of the United States from 1889 to 1893. She was known as Anna Street Morton. Early life Anna Livingston Reade Street was born on May 18, 1846, in Poughkeepsie, New York, the daughter of William Ingram Street (died 1863) and Susan Watts ( Kearney) Street (1819–1893). Her paternal grandfather was Randall S. Street, a lawyer and member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Her uncle was Alfred Billings Street, a lawyer and prominent poet. Her maternal grandparents were Ann (née Reade) Kearney and Robert Kearney. Through her grandmother Ann, the daughter of Catherine Livingston and John Reade, she was a descendant of Robert Livingston the Elder, 1st Lord of Livingston Manor. Career After they married, her husband became a member of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1879, serving until 1881 when he was appointed the United States Minister to France by President James A. Garfield in 1881. Morton was U.S. Minister until May 14, 1885, and Anna was noted for as a highly cultivated French scholar.