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Isaac E. Morse

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Isaac Edward Morse
United States Congressman
In office
December 2, 1844 – March 3, 1851
Preceded byPierre Bossier
Succeeded byJohn Moore
Attorney General of Louisiana
In office
1854–1856
Preceded byIsaac Johnson
Succeeded byE. Warren Moise
Personal details
BornMay 22, 1809
Attakapas, Louisiana
DiedFebruary 11, 1866
New Orleans, Louisiana
Political partyDemocratic
EducationNorwich Military Academy, Harvard University
Alma materHarvard University
OccupationAttorney, Politician
ProfessionLawyer
CommitteesCommittee on Private Land Claims (Thirty-first Congress)

Isaac Edward Morse (May 22, 1809 – February 11, 1866) was a slaveholder, United States Congressman from Louisiana and Attorney General of Louisiana.[1] He was born in Attakapas, Louisiana.

Biography

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Morse attended school in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, and the Norwich Military Academy in Norwich, Vermont. He graduated from Harvard University in 1829. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and practiced in New Orleans, Louisiana, and St. Martinville, Louisiana, from 1835 to 1842. In 1842, he was elected to the Louisiana State Senate, serving through 1844. He was then elected to the United States Congress as a Democrat to fill the vacancy created by the death of Peter E. Bossier. He was reelected to the Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, and Thirty-first Congresses and served from December 2, 1844, to March 3, 1851. He was the chairman, Committee on Private Land Claims during the Thirty-first Congress. He also served as a delegate to the 1848 Democratic National Convention. In 1850, he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection, defeated by John Moore (Whig).

In 1854, he became the attorney general of Louisiana, serving in that capacity through 1856. He was appointed by President Franklin Pierce on December 2, 1856, as one of two special commissioners to New Granada to negotiate concerning the transit of citizens, officers, soldiers, and seamen of the United States across the Isthmus of Panama. He died in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 11, 1866. He is buried in Washington Cemetery.

References

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  1. ^ Weil, Julie Zauzmer (10 January 2022). "More than 1,800 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 May 2024. Database at "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-13, retrieved 2024-04-29
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by United States Representative for the 4th Congressional District of Louisiana
1844—1851
Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of Louisiana
1854–1856
Succeeded by