Samuel Wells Morris (September 1, 1786 – May 25, 1847) was a

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member of the

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from

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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

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. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in

Wellsboro, Pennsylvania Wellsboro is a borough in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. The borough was founded by Benjamin Wistar Morris. It is located northwest of Williamsport. The population was 3,472 at the 2020 census. Early in the 20th century, Wellsboro was the shipp ...

. 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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