Biography

09/12/1787 - 11/09/1839

Mathias Morris (National Republican5) Bucks County 1828-1832

Early Life:

Mathias Morris, born September 12, 1787, Hilltown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; common school education, Newtown, Doylestown, Pennsylvania; studied law; admitted, bar, 1809, law practice, Newtown; deputy attorney general, 1819; unsuccessful campaign, United States House of Representatives, 1820; elected, National Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate 1828-1833; elected, Anti-Jacksonian, United States House of Representatives, Twenty-fourth Congress, reelected, Whig, United States House of Representatives, Twenty-fifth Congresses, 1835-1839; died, November 9, 1839, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania interment, Hilltown Baptist Church Cemetery, Chalfont, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, National Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 5th district, Bucks County, 1828-1832. 

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Unsuccessful campaign, United States House of Representatives, District 6 Pennsylvania, 1820.

Elected, Anti-Jacksonian, United States House of Representatives, Twenty-fourth Congress, reelected, Whig, Twenty-fifth Congresses, 1835-1839; chairman, Committee on Expenditures, Department of State (Twenty-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection, 1838, Twenty-sixth Congress.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members M". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

Mathias Morris (1787-1839) - Find a Grave Memorial