Daniel Johnson Morrell

Daniel Johnson Morrell ( born August 8, 1821 in North Berwick, York County, Maine; † August 20, 1885 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1867 and 1871 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Daniel Morrell attended the public schools of his home. In 1836 he moved to Philadelphia, where he worked as a bank clerk and trade. Since 1855 he lived in Johnstown. He was Director General of the Company Cambria Iron Co. Between 1860 and 1884 he was president of the local water and gas works. From 1863 to 1884 he also served as president of the First National Bank of Johnstown. He was also a long -time chairman of the local city council. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1866, Morrell was in the 17th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Abraham Andrews Barker on March 4, 1867. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1871 two legislative sessions. During this time he was chairman of the Craft Committee. Until 1869, the work of the Congress of the tensions between the Republicans and President Andrew Johnson was charged, which culminated in a narrowly failed impeachment. In the years 1868 and 1870, the 14th and the 15th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified.

In the elections of 1870, Daniel Morrell has not been confirmed. In 1878 he was commissioner for the World Exhibition in Paris. Otherwise, he resumed his previous activities on again. He was also a member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club. He pointed again and again unsuccessfully attention to the weaknesses of the South Fork Dam. He even offered to the reservoir Lake Conemaugh to renovate its own resources. This was also rejected. Four years after Morrell's death, the dam broke on May 31, 1889, which led to a regional disaster. He died on August 20, 1885 in Johnstown, where he was also buried.