Daniel Morris

Daniel Morris

Daniel Morris (born January 4, 1812 in Fayette , New York , † April 22, 1889 in Penn Yan , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1863 and 1867 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Daniel Morris was born in Seneca County about five and a half months before the outbreak of the British-American War . He attended public schools and the Canandaigua Academy in Ontario County . Then he studied law . After receiving his license to practice bar in 1845, he began practicing in Penn Yan, Yates County . Between 1847 and 1850 he was a district attorney in Yates County. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1859 . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1862 for the 38th Congress , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 25th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Theodore Medad Pomeroy on March 4, 1863 . He was re-elected once. Since he refused to run for re-election in 1866 , left the congress after March 3, 1867 . After his time in Congress he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on April 22, 1889 in Penn Yan and was then buried in Lake View Cemetery .

Web links

• Daniel Morris in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Daniel Morris in the database of Find a Grave (English)