Preceded by Benjamin Ruggles Succeeded by Benjamin Tappan | Political party Democratic Party Name Thomas Morris | |
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Born January 3, 1776
Berks County, Pennsylvania ( 1776-01-03 ) Role Former United States Senate member Died December 7, 1844, Bethel, Ohio, United States | ||
Previous office Senator (OH) 1833–1839 | ||
Thomas Morris (January 3, 1776 – December 7, 1844) was a politician from Ohio who served in the United States Senate and was a member of the Democratic Party. In the 1844 presidential election, he was the vice presidential nominee of the anti-slavery Liberty Party.
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Biography
Morris was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and enlisted as a Ranger to fight the Indians in 1793. He settled in western Ohio two years later. Morris began practicing law in Bethel, Ohio in 1804.
Career
On May 12, 1806, shortly after the beginning of the 1806–1807 term of the Ohio House of Representatives, Morris contested the election of David C. Bryan and was awarded the seat from Clermont County.
Morris served in the Ohio State House of Representatives from 1808 to 1808, 1810, and 1820 to 1821.) He served as Justice of the Ohio State Supreme Court in 1809. He was a member of the Ohio State Senate from 1813 to 1815, 1821 to 1823, 1825 to 1829 and 1831 to 1833.
He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1833, and served a single term. He did not seek re-election. He was nominated to the Vice Presidency by the Liberty Party in 1844 under James G. Birney. The ticket came in third after Democratic candidate James Knox Polk and Whig Party candidate Henry Clay.
Family life
Morris was the father of Isaac Newton Morris and Jonathan David Morris.
Death
He died June 16, 1844 and is interred in Early Settlers Burial Ground, Bethel, Clermont County, Ohio USA.