Daniel Morris (January 4, 1812 – April 22, 1889) was a

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from New York during the

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Biography

Morris was born in

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on January 4, 1812. He attended the public schools and the Canandaigua Academy in

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. Morris farmed and taught school before deciding on a legal career. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in

Penn Yan, New York Penn Yan is an incorporated village and the county seat of Yates County, New York, United States. The population was 5,159 at the 2010 census. It lies at the north end of the east branch of Keuka Lake, one of the Finger Lakes. Penn Yan, New Yor ...

. Morris was active in politics as a Free Soil (anti-slavery)

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, and served as

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of Yates County from 1847 to 1850. He was a member of the

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(Yates Co.) in 1859. Morris became a

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when the party was founded in the 1850s, and served as chairman of the party in Yates County. At the start of the

he joined with pro-

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Democrats to organize unity rallies and recruiting drives. He was elected as a to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1866, and resumed the practice of law. He died in

on April 22, 1889, and was interred in

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References

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