Morgan C. Fitzpatrick

Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 4th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born on October 29, 1868 near Carthage, Tennessee in Smith County. He attended the common schools and Lebanon University, in Ohio, in 1887. In 1891, he graduated from the law department of Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Hartville, Tennessee. He also edited a newspaper at Hartville.

Morgan Fitzpatrick was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1895 to 1899. He served as speaker in 1897, having been elected on the first ballot over A.H. Pettibone. He was the state superintendent of public instruction from 1899 to 1903. He was chairman of the state Democratic executive committee. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress, but he was not a candidate for renomination in 1904. He served from March 4, 1903 to March 3, 1905. He resumed the practice of law and died in Nashville, Tennessee on June 25, 1908. He was interred in Gallatin Cemetery in Gallatin, Tennessee.

• United States Congress. "Morgan C. Fitzpatrick (id: F000176)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

• Tennessee State Library and Archives
• United States Congress. "FITZPATRICK, Morgan Cassius (id: F000176)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Political Graveyard