Elmer Addison Morse (May 11, 1870 – October 4, 1945) was a

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from

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.Wisconsin Historical Society-Elmer Addison Morse
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, Morse attended the common schools of Racine County. He graduated from Ripon College, Wisconsin, in 1893. Morse was elected county superintendent of schools of Racine County in 1893 and reelected in 1895. He attended the law school of the

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. He was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced practice in

Antigo, Wisconsin Antigo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 8,100 at the 2020 census. Antigo is the center of a farming and lumbering district, and its manufactures consist principally of lumber, ...

; Morse was also city attorney of Antigo from 1900 to 1906. He also engaged in the insurance and real estate business from 1900 until his death. Morse was elected as a

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to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Congresses (March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913). He represented Wisconsin's 10th congressional district. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Antigo, Wisconsin. He served as delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1934 and 1940. He died in

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, on October 4, 1945. He was interred in Elmwood Cemetery, Antigo, Wisconsin.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morse, Elmer Addison 1870 births 1945 deaths People from Racine County, Wisconsin People from Antigo, Wisconsin Ripon College (Wisconsin) alumni University of Wisconsin Law School alumni Businesspeople from Wisconsin Wisconsin lawyers Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin