Edward Joy Morris (July 16, 1815December 31, 1881) was a Whig and

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member of the

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from

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Biography

Morris was born in

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. He attended the common schools and the

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at Philadelphia. He graduated from

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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

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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. He served as Chargé d'Affaires to

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from January 20, 1850, to August 26, 1853. (In a book, he mentioned

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paying him a visit in Naples in 1851). He was a member of the board of directors of

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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

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to the

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and served from June 8, 1861, to October 25, 1870. He died in Philadelphia in 1881. Interment in

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Footnotes

Sources

The Political Graveyard

External links

Appointment of Edward Joy Morris as Minister to the Ottoman Empire, 1861
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