Lot Myrick Morrill
Born: May 3, 1813
Birthplace: Belgrade, Massachusetts
Father: Peaslee Morrill Jr. 1771 – 1855
(Buried: Ellis Pond Cemetery, Belgrade, Maine)
Mother: Nancy Macomber 1782 – 1859
(Buried: Ellis Pond Cemetery, Belgrade, Maine)
Wife: Charlotte Holland Vance 1826 – 1918
(Buried: Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine)
Children:
May Ella Morrill Dunn 1846 – 1935
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Sylvester Judd Morrill 1852 – 1854
(Buried: Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine)
Eliza Morrill Badger 1853 – 1933
(Buried: Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine)
Lottie E. Morrill 1860 – 1894
(Buried: Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine)
Political Party:
Before – 1856: Member of Democratic Party
1856 – 1883: Member of Republican Party
Education:
Attended Waterville College
Occupation before War:
Principal of Private Western College
1839 – 1841: Attorney in Readfield, Maine
1841 – 1861: Attorney in Augusta, Maine
1854: Maine State Representative
1856: Officially joined the Republican Political Party.
1856: Maine State Senator
1856: President of Maine State Senator
1858 – 1860: Governor of Maine
Civil War Career:
1861: Elected to U.S. Senate to fill Vacancy of Hannibal Hamlin
1861 – 1869: United States Senator from Maine
1861 – 1867: Member Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
1863 – 1865: Member Senate Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate Committee
1864: Maine Delegate Republican Party National Convention
1865 – 1867: Member of Senate Indian Affairs Committee
1862: Supporter of giving freedom to Confiscated Confederate Slaves.
1862: Spoke in favor of freeing slaves in Washington, D.C.
1861: Member of Washington, D.C. Peace Conference
Occupation after War:
1867 – 1869: Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee
1868: Voted in favor of Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson
1869: Appointed to U.S. Senate to fill Vacancy of William P. Fessenden
1869 – 1876: United States Senator from Maine
1869 – 1871: Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee
1869 – 1871: Member of Senate Library Committee
1871 – 1873: Member of Senate Appropriations Committee
1871 – 1873: Chairman of Senate Library Committee
1873 – 1876: Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee
1873 – 1876: Member of Senate Indian Affairs Committee
1876 – 1877: United States Secretary of Treasury Department
1877 – 1883: United States Collector of Customs in Portland, Maine
Died: January 10, 1883
Place of Death: Augusta, Maine
Age at time of Death: 69 years old
Burial Place: Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine
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