James Morrison Harris

James Morrison Harris ( born November 20, 1817 in Baltimore, Maryland, † July 16, 1898 ) was an American politician. Between 1855 and 1861 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Harris attended private schools in his homeland. He then graduated in 1833 from Lafayette College in Easton ( Pennsylvania). After studying law and his 1843 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Baltimore in this profession. Politically, he joined in the 1850s, the American Party.

In the congressional elections of 1854 Harris was the third electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Joshua Van Sant on March 4, 1855. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1861 three legislative periods. These were shaped by the events leading up to the American Civil War. In 1860, Harris gave up another candidacy.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He also worked in the education sector and in the religious field. From 1865 to 1872 he was curator of Lafayette College. James Harris died on July 16, 1898 in Baltimore.