James Morrison Harris (November 20, 1817 – July 16, 1898) was a
Representative from the
third district of
Maryland
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Born in
Baltimore, Maryland
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, Harris was educated at private institutions in the city. He then entered
Lafayette College
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in
Easton, Pennsylvania
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in 1833 where he studied law. Harris was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Baltimore.
Harris was elected as a candidate of the
American Party to the
Thirty-fourth,
Thirty-fifth, and
Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1860 and resumed the practice of law. Harris also engaged in educational and religious work as well.
A trustee of Lafayette College from 1865 to 1872, he died in Baltimore in 1898 and is interred at the
Westminster Presbyterian Burying Ground in
Baltimore
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References
1817 births
1898 deaths
Politicians from Baltimore
Know-Nothing members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland
Burials at Westminster Hall and Burying Ground
Lafayette College trustees
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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