Mount Etna Morris
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Mount Etna Morris (September 1, 1900-July 8, 1988) was a U.S. politician from Missouri.
Mount Etna Morris was born and raised in Dadeville, Missouri. Following graduation from Walnut Grove High School, he attended Southwest Missouri State College and the University of Missouri. On December 24, 1922, he married the former Helen Adamson of Everton, Missouri, and had two children.
In 1928, Morris founded and managed the People's Bank in Miller, Missouri. From 1932 to 1936, he served two terms in the Missouri House of Representatives. Following his service in the state legislature, he served as CEO of the Trenton National Bank from 1936 to 1945. He re-joined state government in 1945, serving for a year as Commissioner of the state Division of Finance, before becoming the first Director of the newly-created state Department of Revenue in July, 1946. From 1949 to 1953, he served as State Treasurer of Missouri. He served again as Director of the state Department of Revenue from 1953 to 1956, before resigning to seek a second term as State Treasurer, which he served from 1957 to 1961. He was subsequently reelected to a third term, serving from from 1965 to 1969.
