Edmund Morrill

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Edmund Morrill

Edmund Needham Morrill (born February 12, 1834 in Westbrook , Maine , † March 14, 1909 in San Antonio , Texas ) was an American politician and from 1895 to 1897 the 13th  governor of the state of Kansas .

Early years

Edmund Morrill attended schools in his home country. He also learned the tanning trade from his father. In 1857 he settled in Brown County in what was then the Kansas Territory . There he built a sawmill with a partner, but it soon burned down. This loss hit Morrill hard financially and it took him a long time to pay off the resulting debt.

Political rise

Morrill was a member of the territorial parliament in 1857 and 1858. During the Civil War , he rose to captain the Seventh Kansas Cavalry . Between 1866 and 1870 he was an employee of the Brown County District Court. Until 1873 he was employed by the district administration. In 1871 he founded the county's first bank and was president from 1887 until his death. He served in the Kansas Senate from 1872 to 1874 and again from 1876 to 1880 . Between 1883 and 1891 the Republican Morrill represented his state in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC There he was chairman of the committee on disability benefits. In 1890 he decided against re-election. After returning to Kansas, he initially devoted himself to his private endeavors.

Kansas Governor

The Republican Party nominated him for the upcoming 1894 gubernatorial election. After the successful election, Morrill was able to take up his two-year term as governor on January 14, 1895. During this time, a Court of Appeal (was Appellate Court ) launched to the Supreme Court ( Supreme Court ) to relieve. The governor's government allocated $ 30,000 to sprinkler systems in Kansas to increase agricultural production. This investment should pay off. A new law tightened the criminal law for bribery. During this time, the Kansas economy picked up. The gas and oil reserves discovered shortly before exceeded all expectations. Even so, Morrill failed to be confirmed in office in 1896.

After the end of his tenure in January 1897, the ex-governor devoted himself to his private economic interests. He has worked in both banking and real estate. Edmund Morrill died in March 1909. He was married to Caroline J. Nash, with whom he had three children.

Web links

  • Edmund Morrill in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Morrill, Edmund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morrill, Edmund Needham (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Westbrook , Maine
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1909
Place of death San Antonio , Texas