Calvary Morris

Calvary Morris
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 6th district
In office March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by	Samuel Finley Vinton
Succeeded by	Henry St. John
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Athens County
In office December 3, 1827 – December 6, 1829
Preceded by	Robert Linzee
Succeeded by	John Gilmore
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Athens County and Hocking County
In office December 7, 1835 – December 4, 1836
Preceded by	Elijah Hatch
Succeeded by	David Jones
Member of the Ohio Senate from Washington County, Athens County and Hocking County
In office December 7, 1829 – December 4, 1831
Preceded by	William R. Putnam
Succeeded by	Arius Nye
Member of the Ohio Senate from Washington County, Athens County and Hocking County
In office December 2, 1833 – December 6, 1835
Preceded by	Arius Nye
Succeeded by	Andrew Donnally
Personal details
Born	(1798-01-15)January 15, 1798 Charleston, Virginia, U.S.
Died	October 13, 1871(1871-10-13) (aged 73) Athens, Ohio, U.S.
Resting place	Athens Cemetery
Political party	Whig

Calvary Morris (January 15, 1798 – October 13, 1871) was an American politician and three term member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from 1837 to 1843.

Early life and career

Born in Charleston, Virginia (now West Virginia), Morris attended the common schools. He moved to Ohio in 1819 and settled in Athens. He was sheriff of Athens County 1823-1827. Morris is the son of Revolutionary War Veteran Captain John Morris, who served alongside Daniel Boone - during Lord Dunmore's War in 1774 through 1791 in Kanawha County, Virginia's inaugural County military foundation.

He served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives 1827-1829. He served as a member of the Ohio Senate 1829-1835, and was again a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1835 and 1836.

Congress

Morris was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843). He served as chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions (Twenty-seventh Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1842.

Retirement and death

Retiring from politics, Morris engaged in wool growing. In 1847, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. He later returned to Athens and in 1854 was elected probate judge of Athens County.

Calvary Morris died in Athens, Ohio, on October 13, 1871, and was interred in Athens Cemetery.

He was a trustee of Ohio University from 1825 to 1848.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Calvary Morris (id: M000973)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

• Walker, Charles M (1869). History of Athens County, Ohio And Incidentally of the Ohio Land Company and the First Settlement of the State at Marietta etc. Robert Clarke & Company. pp. 346–348. Morris.