Dorilus Morrison

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Dorilus Morrison (December 27, 1814–June 26, 1898) was a banker, businessman, and politician who lived in the U.S. state of Minnesota. He was the first and third mayor of Minneapolis. Morrison was born in Livermore, Maine. He was the cousin of William D. Washburn, who also moved to Minneapolis. Washburn became a noted area businessman and later a U.S. Senator.

Dorilus Morrison was elected to represent the 5th district in the Minnesota State Senate and served from 1864 to 1865. He served two non-consecutive terms as mayor of Minneapolis in 1867–68 and 1869–70. Around that same time, he began building a streetcar line in the city. He joined with other businessmen, and eventually hired Thomas Lowry, who got the line up and running in 1875. The line eventually merged with a line in neighboring St. Paul to become Twin City Rapid Transit.

After Morrison died, his body was interred at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.

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• The Political Graveyard: Morrison, accessed January 30, 2004

Preceded by —	Mayor of Minneapolis 1867 – 1868	Succeeded by Hugh G. Harrison
Preceded by Hugh G. Harrison	Mayor of Minneapolis 1869 – 1870	Succeeded by Eli B. Ames