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| Affiliation | Federalist |
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| Name | Lewis R. Morris |
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Springfield, Vermont , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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November 02, 1760
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| Died | December 29, 1825
(65 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
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| Info | MORRIS, Lewis Richard, (nephew of Gouverneur Morris and Lewis Morris), a Representative from Vermont; born in Scarsdale, N.Y., November 2, 1760; attended the common schools; moved to Springfield, Vt.; secretary of foreign affairs 1781-1783; member of the Springfield meeting-house committee in 1785; tax collector in 1786 and 1787; clerk of Windsor County Court 1789-1796 and judge of the same court until 1801; clerk of the State house of representatives in 1790 and 1791; member of the convention to ratify the Federal Constitution; secretary of the constitutional convention in Windsor in 1793; brigadier general in the State militia in 1793; major general of the First Division 1795-1817; member of the State house of representatives 1795-1797 and 1803-1808, and served as speaker; elected as a Federalist to the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Congresses (March 4, 1797-March 3, 1803); died in Springfield, Vt., December 29, 1825; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery, Charlestown, Sullivan County, N.H.
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