Albert P. Morehouse

Albert Pickett Morehouse ( born July 11, 1835 Delaware County, Ohio, † September 23, 1891 ) was an American politician (Democratic Party) and from 1887 to 1889 the 26th Governor of Missouri.

Early years

Albert Morehouse attended the public schools of his home in Ohio. In 1856 he moved to Missouri, where he studied law and was admitted as a solicitor in 1860. Then he began to work in Marysville in this profession. During the American Civil War, he was First Lieutenant in the Army of the Union. Albert Morehouse was married to Martha E. McFadden, with whom he had three children.

Political career

Morehouse was in the years 1872 and 1876 a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. 1877 and 1883 was Morehouse deputy in the House of Representatives from Missouri. Since 1885 he was vice- governor of his country. As the incumbent Governor John S. Marmaduke passed away on December 28, 1887 in office, Morehouse had to end its Unopened tenure.

During his tenure, an alcohol law was enacted, which left it up to individual counties to adopt or reject the prohibition. In St. Louis, a Chamber of Commerce was founded. Also in St. Louis met at the time of the American Federation of Trade Unions (American Federation of Labor ). In addition, Morehouse had to deal with a railroad strike.

Further CV

After a little more than a year More Houses ended term as governor on January 14, 1889. Afterwards he retired from politics. He devoted himself to his private affairs. These included a cattle breeding. Here, it came in 1891 to a serious accident in which a blood clot formed in the brain, which temporarily led to mental confusion. In such an attack, he cut two days after the accident on September 23, 1891 with a knife the throat.