About William Ridgley Morris
Lived 1811 – 1889 (aged 77–78). William Ridgley Morris was an American politician and diplomat.
William Ridgley Morris (1811 – February 27, 1889) was an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer from Delaware and Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Early life William Ridgley Morris was born in 1811 in Dover, Delaware, to William Morris. His father was a physician in Dover. He graduated from Yale College in 1830. He studied law for three years with John M. Clayton of Dover.
Morris died on February 27, 1889, at his home near Dover.
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American politician and diplomat
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William Ridgley Morris died on 27 February 1889.
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William Ridgley Morris was a politician and diplomat.
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