Martin A. Morrison

Martin A. Morrison

Martin Andrew Morrison (born April 15, 1862 in Frankfort , Clinton County , Indiana , †  July 9, 1944 in Abingdon , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1909 and 1917 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Martin Morrison attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1883 the Butler College in Irvington . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and his admission as a lawyer in 1886, he began to work in Frankfort in this profession. In 1905 and 1906, Morrison served as the Clinton County attorney. From 1907 to 1909 he sat on the local education committee.

Politically, Morrison was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1908 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Charles B. Landis on March 4, 1909 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1917 . Between 1915 and 1917 he headed the patent committee. In 1913 the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified.

In 1916, Morrison decided not to run again for Congress. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. From 1919 to 1921 he was the successor to John Avery McIlhenny, the federal agency Civil Service Commission , which dealt with matters of the civil service; between 1925 and 1942 he was a member of the legal advisory board of the Federal Trade Commission in Washington. Martin Morrison died during a visit to Virginia on July 9, 1944 and was buried in Frankfort.

Web links

• Martin A. Morrison in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Martin A. Morrison in the database of Find a Grave (English)