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Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick
From Volume V (1899) of the Southwestern School Journal magazine
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905
Preceded byCharles E. Snodgrass
Succeeded byMounce G. Butler
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
In office
1895-1899
Personal details
BornOctober 29, 1868 (1868-10-29)
Smith County
DiedJune 25, 1908 (1908-06-26) (aged 39)
Nashville, Tennessee
Citizenship United States
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMaggie Mae DeBow Fitzpatrick
Alma materCumberland University
Profession

Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick (October 29, 1868 – June 25, 1908) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 4th congressional district of Tennessee.

Biography

Fitzpatrick was born on October 29, 1868, near Carthage, Tennessee, in Smith County. He attended the common schools and Lebanon University, in Ohio, in 1887. In 1891, he graduated from the law department of Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Hartville, Tennessee. He also edited a newspaper at Hartville. In 1894 he married Maggie Mae De Bow.

Career

A member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, Fitzpatrick served from 1895 to 1899. He served as speaker in 1897, having been elected on the first ballot over A.H. Pettibone. He was the state superintendent of public instruction from 1899 to 1903. He was chairman of the state Democratic executive committee.

Fitzpatrick was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress. He served from March 4, 1903, to March 3, 1905, but he was not a candidate for renomination in 1904 and resumed the practice of law.

Death

Fitzpatrick died in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 25, 1908 (age 39 years, 240 days). He is interred at Gallatin Cemetery in Gallatin, Tennessee.

References

  1. Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick. Alabama Biographical Dictionary. January 1998. ISBN 9780403098118. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  2. "Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  3. "Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  4. "Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved April 30, 2013.

External links

United States Congress. "FITZPATRICK, Morgan Cassius (id: F000176)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byCharles E. Snodgrass Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 4th congressional district
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 		Succeeded byMounce G. Butler
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