Samuel Wells Morris (September 1, 1786 – May 25, 1847) was a Democratic member of the

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. Samuel W. Morris was born in

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, the son of Benjamin Wistar Morris. He pursued an academic degree at Princeton College. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in

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. He was a judge of the district court and served as the first treasurer of Wellsboro County. He was

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of Wellsboro from July 1, 1808, to April 1, 1813. He was a member of the

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. Morris was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses, serving from September 4, 1837, till March 3, 1841. He was not a candidate for reelection in

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to the Twenty-seventh Congress. He died in Wellsboro in 1847.

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The Political Graveyard

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