Mathias Morris (September 12, 1787 – November 9, 1839) was an American politician fromPennsylvania who served as anAnti-Jacksonian andWhig member of theU.S. House of Representatives forPennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1835 to 1839.
Mathias Morris was born inHilltown, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools in Newtown andDoylestown, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1809 and commenced practice inNewtown, Pennsylvania.[1]
He was deputy attorney general in 1819, and a member of thePennsylvania State Senate for the5th district from 1828 to 1833.
He elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to theTwenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Whig to theTwenty-fifth Congresses. He was the chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State during the Twenty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1838 to theTwenty-sixth Congress.
He died inDoylestown, Pennsylvania.
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| Preceded by William H. Rowland | Member of thePennsylvania Senate, District 5 1828-1833 | Succeeded by John Miller |
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