Samuel Plummer Morrill (February 11, 1816 – August 4, 1892) was a nineteenth-century politician and minister from

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. Born in Chesterville, Massachusetts (now in

), Morrill attended common schools as a child and later attended Farmington Academy in

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. He studied theology, was ordained a minister and held pastorates in Farmington from 1848 to 1853. He was elected

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in 1857 and was reelected to the position in 1862. Morrill was elected a Republican to the

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in 1868, serving from 1869 to 1871, being unsuccessful for renomination in 1870. Afterward, he resumed ministerial duties in East Dixfield, Maine from 1877 to 1879, moved to

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in 1885 and retired from ministry in 1886. Morrill died in Chesterville, Maine on August 4, 1892, and was interred in Chesterville Hill Cemetery in Chesterville.

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* 1816 births 1892 deaths People from Franklin County, Maine 19th-century American Christian clergy County officials in Maine Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine People from Vienna, Maine 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Maine-politician-stub