Isaac Edward Morse

Isaac Edward Morse (born May 22, 1809 in Attakapas , Louisiana , †  February 11, 1866 in New Orleans , Louisiana) was an American politician . Between 1844 and 1851 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Isaac Morse attended the public schools in Elizabethtown ( New Jersey ) and the Norwich Military Academy in Vermont . He then studied at Harvard University until 1829 . After a subsequent law degree and his license to practice law, he began to work in New Orleans and St. Martinville between 1835 and 1842 in his new profession.

Politically, Morse became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1842 and 1844 he was a member of the Louisiana Senate . After the death of the MP Pierre Bossier , he was elected as its successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC when the by-election was due for the fourth seat of Louisiana . There he took up his new mandate on December 2, 1844. After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1851 . During this time, the Mexican-American War took place . From 1849 to 1851 Morse chaired the committee that dealt with private land claims. In 1848 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore .

In the 1850 congressional election , Isaac Morse lost to John Moore of the Whig Party . Between 1853 and 1855 he served as Attorney General for the State of Louisiana. In 1856, Morse was a member of an American negotiating commission that negotiated the rights of transit through Panama . After that, Morse did not hold any further political offices. He died in New Orleans on February 11, 1866.

Web links

• Isaac Edward Morse in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Isaac Edward Morse in the database of Find a Grave (English)