Justin Smith Morrill
Born: April 14, 1810
Birthplace: Strafford, Vermont
Father: Nathaniel Morrill 1779 – 1854
Mother: Mary Hunt 1788 – 1867
Wife: Ruth Barrell Swan 1821 – 1898
(Buried: Strafford Cemetery, Strafford, Vermont)
Married: September 7, 1851 in Easton, Massachusetts
Children:
Justin Harris Morrill 1853 – 1855
(Buried: Strafford Cemetery, Strafford, Vermont)
James Swan Morrill 1857 – 1910
(Buried: Strafford Cemetery, Strafford, Vermont)
Political Party: Whig Party and Republican Party
Occupation before War:
1825 – 1828: Merchant’s Clerk in Strafford, Vermont
1828 – 1831: Merchant’s Clerk in Portland, Maine
1831 – 1848: Merchant in Strafford, Vermont
Investor in Railroads, Banks and Real Estate in Vermont
Chairman of Orange County Vermont County Whig Party Committee
1848 – 1855: Agriculturist and Horticulturist in Strafford, Vermont
1852: Vermont Delegate to Whig Party National Convention
1854: One of the founders of the Republican Political Party
1855 – 1867: United States Congressman from Vermont
1855 – 1857: Member of House Territories Committee
1857 – 1859: Member of House Agriculture Committee
1857 – 1863: Member of House Ways and Means Committee
1859 – 1861: Member of House War Department Expenditures Committee
Civil War Career:
1855 – 1867: United States Congressman from Vermont
1857 – 1865: Member of House Ways and Means Committee
1861: Leader in passing the Morrill Tariff
1862: Leader in the passage of The Morrill Act of 1862
1862: Author of Morrill Anti – Bigamy Act of 1862
1863 – 1867: Chairman of House Republican Conference
1865: Voted in support of the 13th Amendment to U.S. Constitution.
1865 – 1867: House Chairman of Ways and Means Committee
Occupation after War:
1855 – 1867: United States Congressman from Vermont
1863 – 1867: Chairman of House Republican Conference
1865 – 1867: House Chairman of Ways and Means Committee
1867 – 1898: United States Senator from Vermont
1867 – 1869: Member Senate Audit and Control Contingent Expenses
1867 – 1877: Member of Senate Finance Committee
1867 – 1869: Member Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
1868: Voted in support of Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson
1869 – 1877: Senate Chairman Public Buildings and Grounds Committee
1877 – 1879: Senate Chairman of Finance Committee
1877 – 1893: Member Senate Public Buildings and Grounds Committee
1879 – 1881: Member Senate Finance Committee
1881 – 1893: Senate Chairman of Finance Committee
1890: Author of Morrill Act (Agricultural College Act of 1890)
1895 – 1898: Senate Chairman of Finance Committee
1895 – 1898: Member Senate Public Buildings and Grounds Committee
Died: December 28, 1898Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Age at time of Death: 88 years old
Burial Place: Strafford Cemetery, Strafford, Vermont
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