Isaac Newton Morris (January 22, 1812 – October 29, 1879) was a

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from

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, son of Thomas Morris and brother of Jonathan David Morris.

Biography

Isaac N. Morris was born in

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. Morris attended

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. He studied law and was

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in 1835 and commenced practice in

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, in 1836. He moved to

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in 1838 and continued the practice of law. He was appointed secretary of state of Illinois in 1840, but declined. He served as president of the Illinois & Michigan Canal Co. in 1841. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1846-1848. Morris was elected as a

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to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1860. He was appointed commissioner for the

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by President

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in 1869. Morris died in Quincy, Illinois on October 29, 1879, and was interred in Woodland Cemetery. He is the namesake of

Morris, Illinois Morris is a city in and the county seat of Grundy County, Illinois, Grundy County, Illinois, United States and part of the southwest Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 14,163 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. A team of ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Isaac Newton 1812 births 1879 deaths Miami University alumni Democratic Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois People from Bethel, Ohio People from Quincy, Illinois 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Illinois General Assembly