Freeman Harlow Morse
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMaine's4th district
In office March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861
Preceded by	Samuel P. Benson
Succeeded by	Anson P. Morrill
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMaine's4th district
In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
Preceded by	David Bronson
Succeeded by	John D. McCrate
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
Mayor of Bath, Maine
United StatesConsul inLondon
Personal details
Born	(1807-02-18)February 18, 1807 Bath, Massachusetts, U.S. (nowMaine)
Died	February 5, 1891(1891-02-05) (aged 83) Surbiton,Surrey,England,U.K.
Resting place	St. Mary’s churchyard,Long Ditton, England.
Party	Whig
Other political affiliations	Republican

Freeman Harlow Morse (February 18, 1807 – February 5, 1891) was aUnited States representative fromMaine.

He was born inBath, Massachusetts (now inMaine) on February 18, 1807. He attended private schools and the academy in Bath. He engaged in business as a carver of figureheads for ships.

Morse was elected a member of theMaine House of Representatives. He was elected as aWhig to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845). Morse was elected Mayor ofBath, Maine.

Morse was elected as aRepublican to theThirty-fifth andThirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861). Morse was Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs (Thirty-sixth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination.

Morse was a delegate to thePeace Convention held in Washington, D.C. in 1861, in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war. He was appointed by PresidentAbraham Lincoln as United Statesconsul inLondon March 22, 1861, andConsul General April 16, 1869. He resided in England after his retirement from office.

Morse died inSurbiton,Surrey,England,U.K. on February 5, 1891. His interment was in the parish churchyard of St. Mary’s inLong Ditton, England.

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