Robert P. Morris

Robert Page Walter Morris (born June 30, 1853 in Lynchburg , Virginia , †  December 16, 1924 in Rochester , Minnesota ) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1903 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Morris first attended a private school and then the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg . Until 1872 he studied at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington . He then taught mathematics at various educational institutions in Virginia and Texas , where he had meanwhile moved. After returning to Virginia, he studied law. After being admitted to the bar in 1880, he began to work in his new profession in Lynchburg.

Politically, Morris became a member of the Republican Party . In 1884 he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in Congress . In 1886 Morris moved to Duluth , Minnesota. There he became a city judge in 1889. In 1894 he became a lawyer in his new hometown. Between 1895 and 1896 he was a judge in the eleventh judicial district of Minnesota.

In the congressional election of 1896, Morris was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Minnesota , where he succeeded Charles A. Towne on March 4, 1897 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1903. During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell .

In 1902, Morris declined to run again. Between 1903 and 1923 he was a federal judge for Minnesota. He then withdrew into retirement, which he in Pasadena ( California spent). Robert Morris died in Rochester on December 16, 1924 and was buried in Duluth.

Web links

• Robert P. Morris in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert P. Morris in the database of Find a Grave (English)