Edward Joy Morris | |
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Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
In office 1841–1842 | |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 1st district | |
In office 1843–1845 | |
Preceded by | Charles Brown |
Succeeded by | Lewis Charles Levin |
United States Chargé d'Affaires to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | |
In office April 4, 1850 – August 25, 1853 | |
President | Millard Fillmore |
Preceded by | John Rowan |
Succeeded by | Robert Dale Owen |
Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
In office 1856–1856 | |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd district | |
In office 1857–1861 | |
Preceded by | Job Roberts Tyson |
Succeeded by | Charles John Biddle |
United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire | |
In office October 22, 1861 – October 25, 1870 | |
President | Abraham Lincoln |
Preceded by | James Williams |
Succeeded by | Wayne MacVeagh |
Personal details | |
Born | (1815-07-16)July 16, 1815 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | December 31, 1881(1881-12-31) (aged 66) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Resting place | Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Political party | Whig, Republican |
Alma mater | Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania |
Edward Joy Morris (July 16, 1815 – December 31, 1881) was an American politician and diplomat. He served as a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1843 to 1845 and as a Republican member for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1857 to 1861. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1841 to 1842 and again in 1856. He served as United States Chargé d'affaires to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from 1850 to 1853 and as Minister Resident to the Ottoman Empire from 1861 to 1870.
Early life and education
Morris was born on July 16, 1815, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the University of Pennsylvania. He left the University of Pennsylvania in his freshman year and graduated from Harvard University in 1836. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1842 and practiced in Philadelphia.
Career
He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1841 to 1843. He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1844.
He was appointed Chargé d'affaires to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies on January 20, 1850, and served from April 4, 1850 to August 26, 1853. He was a member of the board of directors of Girard College in Philadelphia, and served a second time as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1856.
Morris was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth, and Thirty-seventh Congresses and served until his resignation. He was appointed Minister Resident to the Ottoman Empire by Abraham Lincoln and served from June 8, 1861, to October 25, 1870.
He wrote several books on his travels including Notes of a Tour through Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Arabia Petræa, to the Holy Land in 1842. He was fluent in French, German and Italian, and translated several books from German including Alfred De Besse's The Turkish Empire, Social and Political (1854); Theodor Mügge's Afraja, or Life and Love in Norway (1854); and Ferdinand Gregorovius' Corsica, Picturesque, Historical, and Social (1856).
He died on December 31, 1881, in Philadelphia and was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Publications
- Speech of Hon. Edward Joy Morris, of Philadelphia, in Defence of the American Navy, Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, December 28, 1843., Washington: Jno. T. Towers, 1844
- Notes of a Tour Through Turkey, Greece, Egypt, and Arabia Petraea, to the Holy Land: Including A Visit to Athens, Sparta, Delphi, Cairo, Thebes, Mount Sinai, Petra, &c., Aberdeen: George Clark & Son, 1847
- Corsica: Picturesque, Historical and Social: with a Sketch of the Early Life of Napoleon, and an Account of the Bonaparte, Paoli, Pozzo Di Borgo, and Other Principal Families. Suggested by a Tour in the Island in 1852. Translated from the German of Ferdinand Gregorovius by Edward Joy Morris. Philadelphia: Parry and McMillan, 1855
- The Turkish Empire, Embracing the Religion, Manners, and Customs of the People. With a Memoir of the Reigning Sultan and Omer Pacha., Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1855
- Speech of Hon. E. Joy Morris, of Pennsylvania, on the Election of Speaker and in Defense of the North; Delivered in the House of Representatives, December 8, 1859., Washington: Congressional Globe Office, 1859
- Afraja; or Life and Love in Norway. From the German of Theodore Mügge., Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1860
References
Citations
- ^ Marraro, Howard R. (October 1945). "Edward Joy Morris' Mission to Naples (1850-1853)". Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. 12 (4): 270–291. JSTOR 27766672. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- ^ "Morris Edward Joy 1815-1881". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ^ "Edward Joy Morris". www.archives.house.state.pa.us. Archives Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ^ "Edward Joy Morris". history.state.gov. Office of the Historian, United States Department of State. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- "Abraham Lincoln Appoints the Arabist Edward Joy Morris as Minister Resident to Turkey". shapell.org. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John (1898). Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton and Company. p. 412. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
- "Edward Joy Morris". www.remembermyjourney.com. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
Sources
External links
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
- Library of Congress - Speech of Hon. E. Joy Morris, of Pennsylvania, on the election of speaker, and in defense of the North
Pennsylvania House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1841–1842 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1856 |
Succeeded by |
U.S. House of Representatives | ||
Preceded byCharles Brown | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district 1843–1845 |
Succeeded byLewis Charles Levin |
Preceded byJob Roberts Tyson | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district 1857–1861 |
Succeeded byCharles John Biddle |
Diplomatic posts | ||
Preceded byJohn Rowan | Chargé d'affaires to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 1850–1853 |
Succeeded byRobert Dale Owen |
Preceded byJames Williams | Minister Resident to the Ottoman Empire 1861–1870 |
Succeeded byWayne MacVeagh |
United States ambassadors to Italy | |
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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | |
Chargé d'Affaires | |
Minister Resident | |
Kingdom of Sardinia | |
Chargé d'Affaires | |
Minister Resident | |
Kingdom of Italy | |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | |
Italian Republic | |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
United States ambassadors to Turkey | |
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Ottoman Empire | |
Chargé d'Affaires | |
Minister Resident | |
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | |
Republic of Turkey | |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
- 1815 births
- 1881 deaths
- 19th-century American diplomats
- 19th-century American lawyers
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- Ambassadors of the United States to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Ambassadors of the United States to the Ottoman Empire
- Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)
- Harvard University alumni
- Lawyers from Philadelphia
- Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Politicians from Philadelphia
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
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- 19th-century people from Pennsylvania
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