Oliver Andrew Morse (March 26, 1815 – April 20, 1870) was a
U.S. Representative
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from New York.
Born in
Cherry Valley, New York
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, Morse pursued classical studies and was graduated from Hamilton College,
Clinton, New York, in 1833, where he was a founding member of the
Alpha Delta Phi
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Literary Society.
He studied law.
He was
admitted to the bar
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and commenced practice in
Cherry Valley, New York
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.
Morse was elected as a
Republican
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Political ideology
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** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
to the
Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1858.
Writer and translator.
He died in New York City on April 20, 1870.
He was interred in Cherry Valley Cemetery,
Cherry Valley, New York
Cherry Valley is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Otsego County, New York, Otsego County, New York (state), New York, United States. According to the 2020 US census, the village of Cherry Valley had a population of 487. Howeve ...
.
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1815 births
1870 deaths
Hamilton College (New York) alumni
Alpha Delta Phi founders
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
19th-century American politicians