John Morrow (April 19, 1865 – February 25, 1935) was an American attorney, politician, businessman, and educator who served as a member of the

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from

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Early life and education

He was born near

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. He attended local public schools and the state normal university.

Career

Early career

Morrow taught school in

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, and

. He was the superintendent of public schools of

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in 1892–1896. He studied

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and commenced practice in

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after being admitted to the bar in 1895.

Politics

Morrow was a member of the New Mexico Territorial House of Representatives in 1897 and 1898 and the city attorney of Raton in 1900 and 1901. He was president of the board of education in 1903–1923. In addition, he was a delegate to the

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in 1908 and a regent of

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(the former state normal institution) from 1921 to 1922. He was elected as a

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to the Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, and Seventieth Congresses (March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929) and was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1928.

Later career

After leaving Congress, he engaged in banking, had extensive ranch and livestock holdings, and was a large owner of real estate in Raton.

Death

He died in

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in 1935 and was buried at the Fairmont Cemetery in Raton, New Mexico.

References

*Bullis, Don. "New Mexico Historical Biographies" (Rio Grande Books 2011 Los Ranchos, New Mexico) {{DEFAULTSORT:Morrow, John 1865 births 1935 deaths School superintendents in New Mexico Schoolteachers from New Mexico Members of the New Mexico Territorial Legislature People from Darlington, Wisconsin People from Raton, New Mexico Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Mexico Schoolteachers from Nebraska 20th-century American educators Schoolteachers from Iowa 19th-century American educators Schoolteachers from Wisconsin 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives