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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsElijah Adams MORSE
(1841-1898)
MORSE, Elijah Adams, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., May 25, 1841; moved to Massachusetts with his
parents, who settled in Boston in 1852; attended the public
schools, the Boylston School in Boston, and Onondaga Academy, New
York; enlisted in the Union Army in the Fourth Regiment,
Massachusetts Volunteers, during the Civil War; served three months
under General Butler in Virginia and one year under General Banks
in Louisiana; promoted to corporal; manufacturer of stove polish in
Canton, Mass.; member of the State house of representatives in
1876; unsuccessful Prohibition Party candidate for Lieutenant
Governor in 1877; served in the State senate in 1886 and 1887;
member of the Governor’s council in 1888; elected as a
Republican to the Fifty-first and to the three succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1897); chairman, Committee on
Alcohol Liquor Traffic (Fifty-fourth Congress); was not a candidate
for renomination in 1896; resumed manufacturing activities; died in
Canton, Norfolk County, Mass., June 5, 1898; interment in Canton
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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