Edward Joy Morris
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Edward Joy Morris (July 16, 1815–October 31, 1881) was a Whig and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Edward Joy Morris was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. He graduated from Harvard University in 1836, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1842 and practiced in Philadelphia. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1841 to 1843. He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1844.
He served as Chargé d’Affaires to Naples from January 20, 1850, to August 26, 1853. He was a member of the board of directors of Girard College in Philadelphia, and again a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1856.
Morris was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth, and Thirty-seventh Congresses and served unitl his resignation. He was appointed Minister Resident to Turkey and served from June 8, 1861, to October 25, 1870. He died in Philadelphia in 1881. Interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Preceded by Charles Brown |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district 1843-1845 |
Succeeded by Lewis C. Levin |
Preceded by Job R. Tyson |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district 1857-1861 |
Succeeded by Charles J. Biddle |
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Preceded by John Rowan |
United States Ambassador (as Chargé d'Affaires) to the Two Sicilies 1850–1853 |
Succeeded by Robert Dale Owen |
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