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Edward Joy Morris (July 16, 1815December 31, 1881) was a Whig and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from
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.


Biography

Morris was born in
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. He attended the common schools and the
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at Philadelphia. He graduated from
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in 1836, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1842 and practiced in Philadelphia. He was a member of the
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from 1841 to 1843. He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1844 In the Philippines, it was the only leap year with 365 days, as December 31 was skipped when 1845 began after December 30. Events January–March * January 15 – The University of Notre Dame, based in the city of the same name, receives ...
. He served as Chargé d'Affaires to
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from January 20, 1850, to August 26, 1853. (In a book, he mentioned
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ( sr-cyrl, Петар II Петровић-Његош, ;  – ), commonly referred to simply as Njegoš (), was a List of rulers of Montenegro, Prince-Bishop (''vladika'') of Montenegro, poet and philosopher whose ...
paying him a visit in Naples in 1851). He was a member of the board of directors of
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in Philadelphia, and again a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1856. Morris was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth, and Thirty-seventh Congresses and served until his resignation. He was appointed
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to the
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University ...
and served from June 8, 1861, to October 25, 1870. He died in Philadelphia in 1881. Interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.


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Sources


The Political Graveyard


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Appointment of Edward Joy Morris as Minister to the Ottoman Empire, 1861
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