Samuel W. Morris
Samuel Wells Morris (September 1, 1786 – May 25, 1847) was a
U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1]
Samuel W. Morris was born in
Princeton College. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. He was a judge of the district court and served as the first treasurer of Wellsboro County. He was postmaster of Wellsboro from July 1, 1808, to April 1, 1813. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
.
Morris was elected as a Democrat to the
1840 to the Twenty-seventh
Congress. He died in Wellsboro in 1847.
Sources
- United States Congress. "Samuel W. Morris (id: M000987)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
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