Edward Joy Morris

Edward Joy Morris (born July 16, 1815 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , †  December 31, 1881 there ) was an American politician and diplomat . Between 1843 and 1845 and again from 1857 to 1861 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Life

Edward Morris attended the public schools of his home country and then studied at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. This was followed by studies at Harvard University until 1836 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1842, he began to work in Philadelphia in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Whig Party . Between 1841 and 1843 he was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives .

In the congressional elections of 1842, Morris was the first electoral district of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC chosen, where he succeeded the on March 4, 1843 Democrats Charles Brown took. Since he was not confirmed in 1844, he could initially only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1845 . This period was marked by tension between President John Tyler and the Whigs. In addition, a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which has been independent of Mexico since 1836, was already being discussed.

Between 1850 and 1853, Edward Morris served as the American envoy to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies , based in Naples . He then served on the board of directors at Girard College in Philadelphia. In 1856 he was re-elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. After the Whigs dissolved, Morris became a member of the Republican Party . In the elections of 1856 he was re-elected to Congress in the second district of his state, where he replaced Job Roberts Tyson on March 4, 1857 . After two re-elections he could remain in Congress until his resignation on June 8, 1861. Until April 1861, this time was determined by the events leading up to the civil war and then by the war itself.

Between June 1861 and October 1870 Edward Morris was the American envoy ( Minister-Resident ) in the Ottoman Empire .

Web links

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

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

predecessor	Office	successor
Charles Brown	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (1st constituency) March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845	Lewis Charles Levin
John Rowan	United States Envoy to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies January 20, 1850 - August 26, 1853	Robert Dale Owen
Job Roberts Tyson	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (2nd constituency) March 4, 1857 - June 8, 1861	Charles John Biddle
James Williams	United States Envoy to the Ottoman Empire June 8, 1861 - October 25, 1870	Wayne MacVeagh