Person:James Harris (117)

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James Morrison Harris, Esq.
b.20 Nov 1817 Baltimore (independent city), Maryland, United States
d.16 Jul 1898 Baltimore (independent city), Maryland, United States
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  1. William Hall Harris, Esq.1852 -
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Name James Morrison Harris, Esq.
Gender Male
Birth[1] 20 Nov 1817 Baltimore (independent city), Maryland, United States
Marriage Bef 1852 to Sidney Calhoun Hall
Death[1] 16 Jul 1898 Baltimore (independent city), Maryland, United States
Burial[1] Baltimore (independent city), Maryland, United StatesWestminster Presbyterian Burying Ground
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 James Morrison Harris, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

    James Morrison Harris (November 20, 1817 – July 16, 1898) was a Representative from the third district of Maryland.
    Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Harris was educated at private institutions in the city. He then entered Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania in 1833 where he studied law. Harris was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Baltimore.
    Harris was elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth, and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1861). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1860 and resumed the practice of law. Harris also engaged in educational and religious work as well.
    A trustee of Lafayette College from 1865 to 1872, he died in Baltimore in 1898 and is interred at the Westminster Presbyterian Burying Ground in Baltimore.
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    [citing Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]

  2.   Family Recorded, in Steiner, Bernard Christian (Ph.D.); David Henry Carroll; Lynn Roby Meekins; and Thomas G Boggs. Men of mark in Maryland: biographies of leading men in the state ; illustrated with many full page engravings (in 4 Volumes). (Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD: Johnson-Wynne and BF Johnson, 1907-1912)
    Vol 1, pp 175-176.
  3.   Harris, James Morrison, in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

    HARRIS, James Morrison, a Representative from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., November 20, 1817; educated at private institutions in Baltimore; entered Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., in 1833; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Baltimore; elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth, and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1861); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1860; resumed the practice of law and also engaged in educational and religious work; trustee of Lafayette College 1865-1872; died in Baltimore, Md., on July 16, 1898; interment in Westminster Presbyterian Burying Ground.

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