Edward Joy Morris

For other people named Edward Morris, see Edward Morris (disambiguation).

Edward Joy Morris (July 16, 1815 – October 31, 1881) was a Whig and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

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. (In a book, he mentioned Petar II Petrović-Njegoš paying him a visit in Naples in 1851). 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 until 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.

Sources

• Edward Joy Morris at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

External links

• Appointment of Edward Joy Morris as Minister to the Ottoman Empire, 1861 Shapell Manuscript Foundation

United States House of Representatives
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
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by John Rowan	United States Ambassador (as Chargé d'Affaires) to the Two Sicilies 1850–1853	Succeeded by Robert Dale Owen