Edward de Veaux Morrell
Edward de Veaux Morrell | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 5th district | |
In office November 6, 1900 – March 3, 1907 | |
Preceded by | Alfred C. Harmer |
Succeeded by | William W. Foulkrod |
Personal details | |
Born | Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. | August 7, 1863
Died | September 1, 1917 Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. | (aged 54)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Louise Bouvier Drexel
(m. 1889) |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania Law School |
Edward de Veaux Morrell (August 7, 1863 – September 1, 1917) was a
Early life
Morrell was born in
He attended private schools and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a member of St. Anthony Hall, in 1885. He studied law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1887 and commenced practice in Philadelphia. He was a member of the select council of Philadelphia from 1891 to 1894. He was active in the Pennsylvania National Guard, serving as a colonel of the Third Regiment and brigadier general commanding the First Brigade.[2]
Career
Morrell was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alfred C. Harmer. He was reelected to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, and Fifty-ninth Congresses. He served as chairman of the House United States House Committee on the Militia during the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses. In 1904, he delivered a speech defending the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment from Democrats' polemics against it.[3] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906.[2]
He established the first telephone line north of the
Personal life
In 1889, he was married to Louise Bouvier Drexel (1863 –1945), daughter of
He was a resident of the
References
- ^ Society, Sons of the Revolution Pennsylvania (1918). Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the Revolution. The Society. pp. 41-42. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d "MORRELL, Edward de Veaux - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ Morrell, Edward de Veaux (April 4, 1904). Negro Suffrage. Should the fourteenth and fifteen amendments be repealed? Speech of Hon. Edward De V. Morrell, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, Monday April 4, 1904 (PDF). Washington, D.C. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 31, 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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Further reading
- United States Congress. "Edward de Veaux Morrell (id: M000965)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Edward Morrell at The Political Graveyard
External links
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- Morrell's Torresdale home Archived 2006-10-23 at the Wayback Machine