Toby Morris | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOklahoma's6th district | |
| In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 | |
| Preceded by | Jed Johnson, Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Victor Wickersham |
| In office January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1961 | |
| Preceded by | Victor Wickersham |
| Succeeded by | Victor Wickersham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 28, 1899 (1899-02-28) Granbury, Texas, United States |
| Died | September 1, 1973 (1973-10) (aged 74) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Ola Baker Morris |
| Profession | Attorney, judge, politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Branch/service |  United States Army |
| Rank | private corporal sergeant |
| Unit | 110th Combat Engineers, attached to the 35th Division |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Toby Morris (February 28, 1899 – September 1, 1973) was an American politician and aU.S. Representative fromOklahoma.
Born inGranbury, Texas, Morris was the son of Lon and Ida Henderson Morris. The family moved to what was then Comanche County, Oklahoma, in 1906 and toWalters, Oklahoma, in 1913. He attended thepublic schools. He married Ola Baker in 1917, and they had two children.[1]
Leaving high school in his senior year, duringWorld War I, to enlist in theUnited States Army, Morris served successively asprivate,corporal, andsergeant with the 110th Combat Engineers, attached to the 35th Division, from October 1917 to May 1919.
Morris studied law and was admitted to thebar in 1920. He was a court clerk ofCotton County, Oklahoma from 1921 to 1925 and a prosecuting attorney from 1925 to 1929. He began the privatepractice of law inWalters, Oklahoma, in 1929. He served as district judge of the twenty-first judicial district of Oklahoma from 1937 to 1946.[2]
Elected as aDemocrat to the80th and to the two succeeding Congresses, Morris served from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1953. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1952 to the83rd Congress, and served as district judge of the fifth judicial district of Oklahoma from January 1955 to December 1956. He was elected to the85th and to the86th Congresses, serving from January 3, 1957, to January 3, 1961.[3] Morris voted against theCivil Rights Acts of 1957 and1960.[4][5]
An unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1960 to the87th Congress, Morris served as judge for the Oklahoma State Industrial Court from July 1, 1961, to July 17, 1963. He served as district judge for the State of Oklahoma, retiring in January 1971.
After retirement, Morris resided inLawton, Oklahoma, where he died on September 1, 1973 (age 74 years, 185 days). He isinterred at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Lawton.[6]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromOklahoma's 6th congressional district 1947–1953 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromOklahoma's 6th congressional district 1957–1961 | Succeeded by |
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