Joseph W. Morris

Joseph Watkins Morris (born February 26, 1879 in Sulfur , Henry County , Kentucky , †  December 21, 1937 in Louisville , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1923 and 1925 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1889, Joseph Morris moved with his father to New Castle , where he attended public schools. In 1899 he graduated from New Castle High School . Then he worked in trade. Politically, Morris was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1909 and 1923 he served on the staff of Congressman J. Campbell Cantrill . From 1904 he was a permanent delegate at the regional party conventions of the Democrats in Kentucky. In 1923 he was chairman of the democratic campaign committee in his home state.

After the death of J. Campbell Cantrill, Morris was elected as a candidate in the due by-election for the seventh seat of Kentucky as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on November 30, 1923. Since he refused to run again in the regular congressional elections in 1924, he was only able to end the current legislative period of his predecessor until March 3, 1925. Between 1925 and 1927, Morris worked for his home state's tax authority. He then operated a bus station in Louisville until his death on December 21, 1937. Joseph Morris was buried in Carrollton .

Web links

• Joseph W. Morris in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph W. Morris in the database of Find a Grave (English)