Joseph L. Morphis
Joseph Lewis Morphis (April 17, 1831 – July 29, 1913) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Born near Pocahontas, Tennessee, Pocahontas, McNairy County, Tennessee, Morphis pursued elementary studies. He engaged in planting. He served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1859. He entered the Confederate States Army as Captain (OF-2), captain in August 1861 and served until the close of the American Civil War, Civil War. He moved with his family to Pontotoc, Mississippi, in 1863. He served as a member of the State constitutional convention in 1865. He served as a member of the State house of representatives 1866-1868. Upon the readmission of the State of Mississippi to representation was elected as a Republican Party (United States), Republican to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses and served from February 23, 1870, to March 3, 1873. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1872. He wa ...
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