Albert Pickett Morehouse (July 11, 1835 – September 23, 1891) was the
26th Governor of Missouri from 1887 to 1889.
Biography
Morehouse was born in
Delaware County, Ohio and moved to
Maryville, Missouri, in 1856. He was admitted to the bar and began practice in
Montgomery County, Iowa.
At the beginning of the
American Civil War, he moved to
Graham, Missouri, where he taught school. He joined with the
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in November 1861 consisting of residents of
Nodaway County, Missouri. While camped in
Lafayette County, Missouri, he met his future wife Mattie McFadden.
After the war he formed a law practice with
Amos Graham. In 1872 he founded the Nodaway Democrat which would become the
Maryville Daily Forum.
He was elected to the
Missouri House of Representatives in 1876 defeating H.M. Jackson by 197 votes. He was to actively pursue legislation to establish a
Normal school in Maryville that eventually would result in
Northwest Missouri State University
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locating in the town.
He was elected to the state house again in 1882 and was elected Missouri Lieutenant Governor in 1884.
As Lieutenant Governor, Morehouse assumed office on December 28, 1887, upon the death of
John S. Marmaduke
John Sappington Marmaduke (March 14, 1833 – December 28, 1887) was an American politician and soldier. He served as the 25th governor of Missouri from 1885 until his death in 1887. During the American Civil War, he was a senior officer ...
. He was in office for slightly more than a year when
David R. Francis was elected to become governor.
Morehouse returned to Maryville where he had a real estate business with Nat Sission.
Morehouse died on September 23, 1891. After rupturing a blood vessel in his brain from an accident while herding cattle, Morehouse became delirious and didn't know what he was doing. He committed suicide by cutting his own throat with a pocket knife two days after the accident.
He is interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Maryville.
The City of
Morehouse, Missouri, is named for him.
References
''Dictionary of Missouri Biography'' Edited by Lawrence O. Christensen, William E. Foley, Gary R. Kremer, and Kenneth H. Winn - 1999 - University of Missouri Press - 1999 - Pages 557-558 (available o
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1835 births
1891 deaths
Democratic Party governors of Missouri
Lieutenant Governors of Missouri
Politicians from Columbus, Ohio
19th-century American politicians
People from Maryville, Missouri