The Morris of Illinois and Ohio
- Thomas Morris (1776–1844), Ohio State Representative 1806–1807 1808–1809 1810–1811 1820–1821, Ohio State Senator 1813–1915 1823–1825 1825–1829 1831–1833, Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court 1809–1810, U.S. Senator from Ohio 1833–1839, candidate for Vice President of the United States 1838. Father of Jonathan D. Morris and Isaac N. Morris.
- Jonathan D. Morris (1804–1879), Clerk of Clermont County, Ohio; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1847–1851. Son of Thomas Morris.
- Isaac N. Morris (1812–1879), Illinois State Representative 1846–1848, U.S. Representative from Illinois 1857–1861. Son of Thomas Morris.
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Famous quotes containing the words morris, illinois and/or ohio:
“Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time,
Why should I strive to set the crooked straight?
Let it suffice me that my murmuring rhyme
Beats with light wing against the ivory gate,”
—William Morris (1834–1896)
“An Illinois woman has invented a portable house which can be carried about in a cart or expressed to the seashore. It has also folding furniture and a complete camping outfit.”
—Lydia Hoyt Farmer (1842–1903)
“All inquiry into antiquity, all curiosity respecting the Pyramids, the excavated cities, Stonehenge, the Ohio Circles, Mexico, Memphis,—is the desire to do away this wild, savage, and preposterous There and Then, and introduce in its place the Here and Now.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)