Morris Tyler (1806 – 1876) was an American politician who was the
56th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1871 to 1873.
He was a manufacturer and wholesaler of boots and shoes. He was active in politics as a Republican. In 1863–65, he served as
Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut
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In 1871, he won a very close and disputed election for Lieutenant Governor, with a reported 47,598 votes, versus 47,263 for incumbent Lieutenant Governor
Julius Hotchkiss.
[D. Appleton, ''The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year'', Volume 11, 1872, pp. 233-234]
Personal life
He married Mary Frisbie Butler, and was the father of telephone industry pioneer
Morris Franklin Tyler. He died in 1876.
References
1806 births
1876 deaths
Lieutenant governors of Connecticut
Mayors of New Haven, Connecticut
19th-century mayors of places in Connecticut
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