Harvey R. Morris
Harvey R. Morris (February 27, 1807 – November 17, 1886) was an American politician from New York.
Life
He married Catherine Miller (1815–1844) who "was killed by being thrown from a wagon." He then married Elizabeth Banks (1821–1904), and they had several children.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Sullivan Co.) in 1845; and a member of the New York State Senate (2nd D.) in 1847.
He was Postmaster of Wurtsboro, New York during the Franklin Pierce administration.
Sources
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 135, 143, 231 and 293; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- Post Office Directory (1857; pg. 122)
- Sylvan Cemetery, Wurtsboro records