Oliver Andrew Morse (March 26, 1815 – April 20, 1870) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in

Cherry Valley, New York Cherry Valley is a town in Otsego County, New York, United States. According to the 2020 US census, the village of Cherry Valley had a population of 487. However, the town has a much higher population. Within the town of Cherry Valley is a vill ...

, Morse pursued classical studies and was graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, in 1833, where he was a founding member of the

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Literary Society. He studied law. He was

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and commenced practice in

. Morse was elected as a

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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,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morse, Oliver Andrew 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