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Leopold Morse | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts | |
| In office March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1885 | |
| Preceded by | Josiah Gardner Abbott |
| Succeeded by | Edward D. Hayden |
| Constituency | 4th district (1877–83) 5th district (1883–85) |
| In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 | |
| Preceded by | Ambrose Ranney |
| Succeeded by | John F. Andrew |
| Constituency | 3rd district |
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| Born | (1831-08-15)August 15, 1831 Wachenheim,Bavaria,German Confederation |
| Died | December 15, 1892(1892-12-15) (aged 61) Boston,Massachusetts,U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Clothier[1] |
Leopold Morse (August 15, 1831 – December 15, 1892) was aUnited States representative fromMassachusetts.
Morse was born inWachenheim,Bavaria, in theGerman Confederation, the son of Charlotte (Mehlinger) and Jacob Morse. His family was Jewish.[2][3] He attended the common schools in Wachenheim. He immigrated to the United States in 1849 and resided for about a year inSandwich, New Hampshire.
He moved toBoston, Massachusetts and worked in a clothing store, which he later purchased and operated until his death.
About 1850 Morse opened a clothing store inNew Bedford, Massachusetts.[4]
Morse was a delegate to theDemocratic National Convention in 1876 and 1880. He was an unsuccessfulDemocratic candidate in1870 and1872 for election to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses.The Boston Globe later noted that "few men step, as he did, from private station, immediately upon the floor of Congress, and he [had] never gone before the people except as a candidate for membership in that body".[5] He was elected to the Forty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1885). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in theDepartment of the Navy (Forty-eighth Congress). He declined to accept a renomination in1884. Morse was elected president of thePost Publishing Co. publisher ofThe Boston Post, in that year. He returned to elected office as a Representative to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889). He served as chairman of theU.S. House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State for the Congress.
Morse was not a candidate for renomination in1888. He resumed business activities, and died in Boston on December 15, 1892.
Morse was interred inMount Auburn Cemetery inCambridge.
Morse's brother was lawyerGodfrey Morse.[6]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 4th congressional district March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1883 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 5th congressional district March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889 | Succeeded by |
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