Edward Joy Morris (July 16, 1815December 31, 1881) was a
Whig and
Republican
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Political ideology
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member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Biography
Morris was born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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. He attended the common schools and the
University of Pennsylvania
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at Philadelphia. He graduated from
Harvard University
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in 1836, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1842 and practiced in Philadelphia. He was a member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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from 1841 to 1843. He was elected as a Whig to the
Twenty-eighth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1844
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Events
January–March
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.
He served as Chargé d'Affaires to
Naples
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from January 20, 1850, to August 26, 1853. (In a book, he mentioned
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš
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paying him a visit in Naples in 1851). He was a member of the board of directors of
Girard College
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in Philadelphia, and again a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1856.
Morris was elected as a Republican to the
Thirty-fifth,
Thirty-sixth, and
Thirty-seventh Congresses and served until his resignation. He was appointed
Minister Resident
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to the
Ottoman Empire
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and served from June 8, 1861, to October 25, 1870.
He died in Philadelphia in 1881. Interment in
Laurel Hill Cemetery
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The cemetery is ...
.
Footnotes
Sources
The Political Graveyard
External links
Appointment of Edward Joy Morris as Minister to the Ottoman Empire, 1861Shapell Manuscript Foundation
Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Ambassadors of the United States to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Politicians from Philadelphia
Harvard University alumni
University of Pennsylvania alumni
1815 births
1881 deaths
19th-century American diplomats
Ambassadors of the United States to the Ottoman Empire
Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)
19th-century American politicians
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