Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick

Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick (October 29, 1868 – June 25, 1908) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 4th congressional district of Tennessee.

Biography Fitzpatrick was born on October 29, 1868, near Carthage, Tennessee, in Smith County. He attended the common schools and Lebanon University, in Warren County, Ohio, in 1887. He was admitted to the bar in 1891 and commenced practice in Hartsville, Tennessee. He also edited a newspaper at Hartsville. In 1894, he married Maggie Mae De Bow. They had one daughter.

Career A member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, Fitzpatrick served from 1895 to 1899. He served as speaker from 1897 to 1899, having been elected on the first ballot over A.H. Pettibone. In 1898, Fitzpatrick was chairman of the state Democratic executive committee. He was the state superintendent of public instruction for Governor Benton McMillin from 1899 to 1903.

Fitzpatrick was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress. He served from March 4, 1903, to March 3, 1905, but he was not a candidate for renomination in 1904 and resumed the practice of law in Gallatin, Tennessee.