John Alexander Morrison (January 31, 1814 – July 25, 1904) was a Democratic member of the

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from

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Formative years

John A. Morrison was born in

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on January 31, 1814. He studied medicine and graduated from the

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in 1837, and commenced practice in

Cochranville, Pennsylvania Cochranville is a census-designated place (CDP) in West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 668 at the 2010 census. It is the hometown of Olympic swimmer Cierra Runge. Geography Cochranville is ...

. Morrison was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress. He was subsequently appointed as inspector and appraiser of imports of drugs at the port of Philadelphia from 1853 to 1861. He then resumed his practice of medicine in Cochranville from 1861 to 1865.

Later years, death and interment

Morrison also engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits and died in Cochranville in 1904. Interment in Fagg's Manor Presbyterian Church Cemetery in

Londonderry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania Londonderry Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,149 at the 2010 census. History In 1682, William Penn deeded 50,000 acres in what is now Londonderry Township to his relative John Fagg. It ...

Sources

The Political Graveyard
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