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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsLeopold MORSE
(1831-1892)
MORSE, Leopold, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Wachenheim, Rhenish
Palatinate, Bavaria, August 15, 1831; attended the common schools
in Wachenheim; immigrated to the United States in 1849 and resided
for about a year in Sandwich, N.H.; moved to Boston, Mass., and
worked in a clothing store, which he later purchased and operated
until his death; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in
1876 and 1880; unsuccessful Democratic candidate in 1870 and 1872
for election to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses;
elected as Democrat to the Forty-fifth and to the three succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1885); chairman, Committee on
Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Forty-eighth Congress);
declined to accept a renomination in 1884; elected president of the
Post Publishing Co. in 1884; reelected as a Democrat to the
Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889); chairman,
Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Fiftieth
Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1888; resumed
business activities; died in Boston, Mass., December 15, 1892;
interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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