Lewis R. Morris

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Lewis R. Morris

Lewis Richard Morris (born November 2, 1760 in Scarsdale , Province of New York , †  December 29, 1825 in Springfield , Vermont ) was an American politician . Between 1797 and 1803 he represented the second constituency of the state of Vermont in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lewis R. Morris was a nephew of Governor Morris (1752-1816), who represented New York State in the US Senate between 1800 and 1803 . Another uncle was Lewis Morris (1726–1798), who sat for New York in the Continental Congress .

The younger Lewis Morris attended his homeland public schools and then moved to Springfield, Vermont. Between 1781 and 1783, before this state joined the United States, he was responsible for foreign policy issues for the state of Vermont. In 1785 he served on Springfield City Council and from 1786 to 1787 he was Vermont Tax Commissioner. He then served from 1789 to 1796 as the clerk of the County Court in Windsor County . He was then a judge at the same court until 1801, which suggests that he previously studied law. In the meantime, he was also active as a recorder in the House of Representatives from Vermont in 1790 and 1791 . After Vermont joined the Union, Morris was named Vermont's first US Marshal on March 4, 1791 by President George Washington . He held this office until 1794.

Morris became a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton . He was a member of the assembly that ratified the United States Constitution for Vermont , and secretary to a 1793 meeting to revise the Vermont Constitution . Morris was also a member of the Vermont militia until 1817, where he rose to major general . Between 1795 and 1797 he was a member of the House of Representatives of his state and also speaker of this chamber.

When Daniel Buck, elected in 1796, did not take his seat in Congress , Vermont held a by-election, which Morris won. So he was able to take his seat in the US House of Representatives on May 22, 1797. After he was confirmed in office in the regular congressional elections of 1798 and 1800, Morris could remain in Congress until March 3, 1803. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he was again a member of the House of Representatives from Vermont between 1803 and 1808, where he served as President. After that, he retired. Lewis Morris died in December 1825 in Springfield and was in Charlestown ( New Hampshire buried).

Web links

  • Lewis R. Morris in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry on Lewis R. Morris on the website of the United States Marshals Service
personal data
SURNAME Morris, Lewis R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morris, Lewis Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1760
PLACE OF BIRTH Scarsdale , Province of New York
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1825
Place of death Springfield , Vermont