Mathias Morris

Mathias Morris (born September 12, 1787 in Hilltown , Bucks County , Pennsylvania , †  November 9, 1839 in Doylestown , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1835 and 1839 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Mathias Morris attended public schools in Newtown and Doylestown. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1809, he began to work in Newtown in this profession. In 1819, he was assistant attorney general. In the 1820s he joined the movement against later President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party and then the Whig Party , founded in the 1830s . Between 1828 and 1833 he was a member of the Pennsylvania Senate .

In the congressional elections of 1834 , Morris was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Robert Ramsey on March 4, 1835 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1839 . From 1837 he was chairman of the Foreign Ministry's expenditure control committee. In 1838 he was not re-elected. Mathias Morris died in Doylestown on November 9, 1839.

Web links

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

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

predecessor	Office	successor
Robert Ramsey	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (6th constituency) March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1839	John Davis