Leopold Morse
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| In office March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 (4th) March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 (5th) March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 (3rd) |
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| Preceded by | Josiah G. Abbott (1877) Selwyn Z. Bowman (1883) Ambrose Ranney (1887) |
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| Succeeded by | Patrick A. Collins (1883) Edward D. Hayden (1885) John F. Andrew (1889) |
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| Born | August 15, 1831 Wachenheim, Bavaria, Germany |
| Died | December 15, 1892 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Democratic |
Leopold Morse, was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Wachenheim, Germany on August 15, 1831. He attended the common schools there. He immigrated to the United States in 1849 and resided for about a year in Sandwich, New Hampshire. He moved to Boston, Massachusetts and worked in a clothing store, which he later purchased and operated until his death.
Morse was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1876 and 1880. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate in 1870 and 1872 for election to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses. He was elected to the Forty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1885). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Forty-eighth Congress). He declined to accept a renomination in 1884. Morse was elected president of the Post Publishing Co. in that year. He returned to elected office as a Represetative to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889). He served as chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State for the Congress.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1888, he resumed business activities, and died in Boston on December 15, 1892. His interment was in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.
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| Preceded by Rufus S. Frost |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th congressional district March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1883 |
Succeeded by Patrick A. Collins |
| Preceded by Selwyn Z. Bowman |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 5th congressional district March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885 |
Succeeded by Edward D. Hayden |
| Preceded by Ambrose Ranney |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889 |
Succeeded by John F. Andrew |
