Life and Career
Born in Granbury, Texas, Morris moved to what was then Comanche County, Oklahoma, in 1906 and to Walters, Oklahoma, in 1913. He attended the public schools, leaving high school in his senior year, during World War I, to enlist in the United States Army. He served successively as private, corporal, and sergeant with the 110th Combat Engineers, attached to the 35th Division, from October 1917 to May 1919. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1920. Morris was a court clerk of Cotton County, Oklahoma from 1921 to 1925 and a prosecuting attorney from 1925-1929. He began the private practice of law in Walters, Oklahoma, in 1929. He served as district judge of the twenty-first judicial district of Oklahoma from 1937 to 1946.
Morris was elected as a Democrat to the 80th and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1953). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1952 to the 83rd Congress. He served as district judge of the fifth judicial district of Oklahoma from January 1955 to December 1956.
Morris was elected to the 85th and to the 86th Congresses (January 3, 1957-January 3, 1961). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1960 to the 87th Congress. He served as judge for the Oklahoma State Industrial Court, July 1, 1961, to July 17, 1963. He served as district judge for the State of Oklahoma, retiring in January 1971. After retirement, Morris resided in Lawton, Oklahoma, where he died September 1, 1973. He was interred in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
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