Edward Joy Morris
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1841–1842
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's1st district
In office 1843–1845
Preceded by	Charles Brown
Succeeded by	Lewis Charles Levin
United States Chargé d'Affaires to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
In office April 4, 1850 – August 25, 1853
President	Millard Fillmore
Preceded by	John Rowan
Succeeded by	Robert Dale Owen
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1856–1856
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's2nd district
In office 1857–1861
Preceded by	Job Roberts Tyson
Succeeded by	Charles John Biddle
United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
In office October 22, 1861 – October 25, 1870
President	Abraham Lincoln
Preceded by	James Williams
Succeeded by	Wayne MacVeagh
Personal details
Born	(1815-07-16)July 16, 1815 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	December 31, 1881(1881-12-31) (aged 66) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting place	Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Whig, Republican
Alma mater	Harvard University,University of Pennsylvania

Edward Joy Morris (July 16, 1815 – December 31, 1881) was an American politician and diplomat. He served as aWhig member of theU.S. House of Representatives forPennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1843 to 1845 and as aRepublican member forPennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1857 to 1861. He served as a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives from 1841 to 1842 and again in 1856. He served as United StatesChargé d'affaires to theKingdom of the Two Sicilies from 1850 to 1853 and asMinister Resident to theOttoman Empire from 1861 to 1870.

Morris was born on July 16, 1815, inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and theUniversity of Pennsylvania. He left the University of Pennsylvania in his freshman year and graduated fromHarvard University in 1836.^[1] He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1842 and practiced in Philadelphia.^[2]

He was a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives from 1841 to 1843.^[3] He was elected as a Whig to theTwenty-eighth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1844.^[2]

He was appointed Chargé d'affaires to theKingdom of the Two Sicilies on January 20, 1850, and served from April 4, 1850 to August 26, 1853.^[4] He was a member of the board of directors ofGirard College in Philadelphia, and served a second time as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1856.^[3]

Morris was elected as a Republican to theThirty-fifth,Thirty-sixth, andThirty-seventh Congresses and served until his resignation. He was appointedMinister Resident to theOttoman Empire byAbraham Lincoln^[5] and served from June 8, 1861, to October 25, 1870.^[4]

He wrote several books on his travels includingNotes of a Tour through Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Arabia Petræa, to the Holy Land in 1842. He was fluent in French, German and Italian,^[1] and translated several books from German including Alfred De Besse'sThe Turkish Empire, Social and Political (1854);Theodor Mügge'sAfraja, or Life and Love in Norway (1854); andFerdinand Gregorovius'Corsica, Picturesque, Historical, and Social (1856).^[6]

He died on December 31, 1881, in Philadelphia^[2] and was interred inLaurel Hill Cemetery.^[7]

• Speech of Hon. Edward Joy Morris, of Philadelphia, in Defence of the American Navy, Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, December 28, 1843., Washington: Jno. T. Towers, 1844
• Notes of a Tour Through Turkey, Greece, Egypt, and Arabia Petraea, to the Holy Land: Including A Visit to Athens, Sparta, Delphi, Cairo, Thebes, Mount Sinai, Petra, &c., Aberdeen: George Clark & Son, 1847
• Corsica: Picturesque, Historical and Social: with a Sketch of the Early Life of Napoleon, and an Account of the Bonaparte, Paoli, Pozzo Di Borgo, and Other Principal Families. Suggested by a Tour in the Island in 1852. Translated from the German of Ferdinand Gregorovius by Edward Joy Morris. Philadelphia: Parry and McMillan, 1855
• The Turkish Empire, Embracing the Religion, Manners, and Customs of the People. With a Memoir of the Reigning Sultan and Omer Pacha., Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1855
• Speech of Hon. E. Joy Morris, of Pennsylvania, on the Election of Speaker and in Defense of the North; Delivered in the House of Representatives, December 8, 1859., Washington: Congressional Globe Office, 1859
• Afraja; or Life and Love in Norway. From the German of Theodore Mügge., Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1860

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