Calvary Morris

Calvary Morris
Calvary Morris
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Ohio's 6th district
	In office; March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by	Samuel Finley Vinton
Succeeded by	Henry St. John
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Athens County
	In office; December 3, 1827 – December 6, 1829
Preceded by	Robert Linzee
Succeeded by	John Gilmore
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Athens County and Hocking County
	In office; December 7, 1835 – December 4, 1836
Preceded by	Elijah Hatch
Succeeded by	David Jones
Member of the Ohio Senate from Washington County, Athens County and Hocking County
	In office; December 7, 1829 – December 4, 1831
Preceded by	William R. Putnam
Succeeded by	Arius Nye
Member of the Ohio Senate from Washington County, Athens County and Hocking County
	In office; December 2, 1833 – December 6, 1835
Preceded by	Arius Nye
Succeeded by	Andrew Donnally
Personal details
Born	January 15, 1798; Charleston, Virginia
Died	October 13, 1871 (aged 73); Athens, Ohio
Resting place	Athens Cemetery
Political party	Whig

Calvary Morris (January 15, 1798 – October 13, 1871) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Charleston, Virginia (now West Virginia), Morris attended the common schools. He moved to Ohio in 1819 and settled in Athens. He was sheriff of Athens County 1823-1827. He served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives 1827-1829. He served as a member of the Ohio Senate 1829-1835, and was again a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1835 and 1836.

Morris was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843). He served as chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions (Twenty-seventh Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1842.

Retiring from politics, Morris engaged in wool growing. In 1847, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. He later returned to Athens and in 1854 was elected probate judge of Athens County.

Calvary Morris died in Athens, Ohio, on October 13, 1871, and was interred in Athens Cemetery.

He was a trustee of Ohio University from 1825 to 1848.[1]

Sources

Walker 1869 : 347

United States Congress. "Calvary Morris (id: M000973)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

Walker, Charles M (1869). History of Athens County, Ohio And Incidentally of the Ohio Land Company and the First Settlement of the State at Marietta etc. Robert Clarke & Company. pp. 346–348. Morris.

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[1] Walker 1869 : 347