Thomas Morris (politician, 1861)

Thomas Morris (born December 9, 1861 in Saint-Hyacinthe , Québec , Canada , † September 17, 1928 in Manhattan , New York ) was an American politician and Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 1911 to 1915 .

Life

Morris was born the son of Irish immigrants in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec. He attended Bedford Academy and then studied medicine. The studies did not suit him, however, and he went to St. John, where he worked for the next few years as an employee in a large department store. Later Morris moved to the United States, according to Syracuse in the state of New York , and was active in coal trading. After three years he sold his business and in May 1886 he settled in La Crosse , Wisconsin .

He graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School . He graduated in 1889 and practiced at La Crosse. From 1898 to 1900, Morris was a district attorney for La Crosse County . From 1904 to 1910 he was a Senator in the Wisconsin Senate. In 1910 he was taken over by Robert M. La Follette sr. proposed to the Republican Party candidate for governorship. However, this was rejected by the party and so Morris ran for the office of lieutenant governor. Successfully re-elected in 1912, he held the office for two terms from 1911 to 1915. In 1915, Morris withdrew from politics and returned to practice as a lawyer. He died in New York in 1928 in his daughter's apartment.

literature

• John Goadby Gregory: West Central Wisconsin: A History. Biographical. Vol. IV (1933), p. 411

Web links

• Biography on the Lieutenant Governor's website