Jonathan David MORRIS, Congress, OH (1804-1875)

MORRIS Jonathan David , a Representative from Ohio; born in Columbia, Hamilton County, Ohio, October 8, 1804; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Batavia, Ohio; clerk of the courts of Clermont County; elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas L. Hamer; reelected to the Thirty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1847, to March 3, 1851; died in Connersville, Fayette County, Ind., May 16, 1875; interment in Citizens Cemetery, Batavia, Ohio.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present