Robert "Bob" Morris is an American politician serving as a member of the

Indiana House of Representatives The Indiana House of Representatives is the lower house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Indiana. The House is composed of 100 members representing an equal number of constituent districts. House memb ...

from the 84th district. He assumed office on November 3, 2010.

Early life and education

Morris was born in

Streator, Illinois Streator is a city in LaSalle and Livingston counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The city is situated on the Vermilion River approximately southwest of Chicago in the prairie and farm land of north-central Illinois. As of the 2020 censu ...

and moved to

Fort Wayne, Indiana Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 as of the 2020 Censu ...

in 1976. He attended the Saint Charles Borromeo School and graduated from

Bishop Dwenger High School Bishop Dwenger High School is a co-educational college preparatory high school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Dwenger is named after Joseph Gregory Dwenger, the second Bishop of the ...

. Morris earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the

Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, or simply Indiana) is a public university, public research university in Bloomington, Indiana. It is the flagship university, flagship campus of Indiana University and, with ...

Career

Morris owns Healthkick Nutrition Centers. In 2005 and 2006, he served as an officer in the

New Haven, Indiana New Haven is a city in Adams, Jefferson, and St. Joseph townships, Allen County, Indiana, United States. It sits to the east of the city of Fort Wayne, the second largest city in Indiana, and is situated mostly along the southern banks of the Maum ...

Police Department. He was also president of Georgetown Merchant Association. Morris was elected to the

in November 2010. Ahead of the 2022 general election, he was one of several Republican politicians and media personalities spreading the

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References

Living people People from Streator, Illinois Politicians from Fort Wayne, Indiana Year of birth missing (living people) {{Indiana-politician-stub