Jonathan David Morris (October 8, 1804 ? May 16, 1875) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1847 to 1851.
He was the son of Thomas Morris and brother of Isaac N. Morris .
Born in Columbia , Hamilton County, Ohio Morris attended the public schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Batavia, Ohio . He served as clerk of the courts of Clermont County.
Morris was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas L. Hamer He was reelected to the Thirty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1847, to March 3, 1851.
He died in Connersville, Indiana , May 16, 1875. He was interred in Citizens Cemetery, Batavia, Ohio .
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