Leopold Morse

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Leopold Morse
U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts
In office
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1885
Preceded byJosiah Gardner Abbott
Succeeded byEdward D. Hayden
Constituency4th district (1877–83)
5th district (1883–85)
In office
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
Preceded byAmbrose Ranney
Succeeded byJohn F. Andrew
Constituency3rd district
Personal details
Born(1831-08-15)August 15, 1831
Wachenheim, Bavaria, German Confederation
DiedDecember 15, 1892(1892-12-15) (aged 61)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
ProfessionClothier[1]

Leopold Morse (August 15, 1831 – December 15, 1892) was a

United States representative from Massachusetts
.

Biography

Morse was born in Wachenheim, Bavaria, in the German Confederation, the son of Charlotte (Mehlinger) and Jacob Morse. His family was Jewish.[2][3] He attended the common schools in Wachenheim. He immigrated to the United States in 1849 and resided for about a year in Sandwich, New Hampshire.

He moved to

Boston, Massachusetts
and worked in a clothing store, which he later purchased and operated until his death.

About 1850 Morse opened a clothing store in New Bedford, Massachusetts.[4]

Morse was a delegate to the

1884. Morse was elected president of the Post Publishing Co. publisher of The Boston Post, in that year. He returned to elected office as a Representative to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889). He served as chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State
for the Congress.

Morse was not a candidate for renomination in

1888
. He resumed business activities, and died in Boston on December 15, 1892.

Morse was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.

Morse's brother was lawyer Godfrey Morse.[6]

Leopold Morse's Store in Boston, cir. 1886
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 4th congressional district
March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1883 		Succeeded by
Patrick A. Collins
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 5th congressional district
March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district
March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889 		Succeeded by

See also

References

  1. ISBN 0-8143-2186-0
  2. ^ Adler, Cyrus; Szold, Henrietta (1904). "American Jewish Year Book".
  3. ^ Reno, Conrad (1901). "Biographical: Massachusetts".
  4. ISBN 0-8143-2186-0
  5. ^ "Hon. Leopold Morse Dead", The Boston Globe (December 16, 1892), p. 9.
  6. ^ Landman, Isaac, ed. (1942). The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York, N.Y.: The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Inc. p. 656 – via Google Books.

External links

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