American politician
Henry Lee Morey
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In office
March 4, 1881 ? June 20, 1884
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Preceded by
| John A. McMahon
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Succeeded by
| James E. Campbell
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Constituency
| 3rd district
(1881-1883)
7th district
(1883-1884)
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In office
March 4, 1889 ? March 3, 1891
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Preceded by
| James E. Campbell
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Succeeded by
| William E. Haynes
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Constituency
| 7th district
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Born
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1841-04-08
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April 8, 1841
Butler County, Ohio
, US
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Died
| December 29, 1902
(1902-12-29)
(aged 61)
Hamilton, Ohio
, US
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Resting place
| Greenwood Cemetery (Hamilton, Ohio)
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Political party
| Republican
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Spouse(s)
| Mary M. Campbell
Ella R. Campbell
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Alma mater
| Miami University
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Allegiance
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United States
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Branch/service
| Union Army
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Years of service
| 1861?1865
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Rank
| Captain
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Unit
| 20th Ohio Infantry
75th Ohio Infantry
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Henry Lee Morey
(April 8, 1841 ? December 29, 1902) was an officer in the
United States Army
during the
American Civil War
and a politician and
U.S. Congressman
after the war.
Early life and career
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Henry L. Morey was born in
Milford Township
near
Collinsville
,
Butler County, Ohio
. He was a son of William and Derexa (Whitcomb) Morey, and the great-grandson of
Revolutionary War
officer Silas Morey and grandson of Revolutionary soldier Anthony Whitcomb. William Morey in his early life was a
hatter
and to buy furs he occasionally visited
New Orleans
, where he witnessed the workings of slavery. He abhorred what he saw and became a radical
abolitionist
. Returning to
Ohio
, William opened his home as part of the
Underground Railroad
, and was well known as a friend of the black man.
Henry received his education in the local public schools and the Morning Sun Academy at the village of Rising Sun. He then entered
Miami University
at
Oxford, Ohio
.
Civil War
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On the day after the fall of
Fort Sumter
, Morey left the university and enlisted as a member of the University Rifles, a military organization attached to the
20th Ohio Infantry
, serving an enlistment of three months in
West Virginia
under General
Robert C. Schenck
.
Morey then enlisted in the
75th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
for a term of three years, and served under Generals
Franz Sigel
in the
Shenandoah Valley
of
Virginia
,
John Pope
and
Edward Hatch
in
Florida
and
Quincy A. Gillmore
at the siege of
Charleston
. He was successively promoted
corporal
,
sergeant
,
second lieutenant
,
first lieutenant
, and
captain
. Three of his brothers, Oliver P., Joseph W., and James E. Morey, also served in the
Union Army
.
He took part in the engagement at
Monterey
. He commanded his company in engagements at
Franklin
,
Battle of McDowell
and Shaw's Ridge,
Strasburg
,
Battle of Cross Keys
,
Battle of Cedar Mountain
,
Battle of Rappahannock Station I
(Freeman's Ford, Sulphur Springs, and Waterloo Bridge),
Second Battle of Bull Run
,
Battle of Aldie
and
Battle of Chancellorsville
in Virginia. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Chancellorsville and confined in the notorious
Libby Prison
until exchanged. He again commanded his company in the battles of
Battle of Fort Wagner, Morris Island
,
Fort Gregg
and in the siege of Fort Sumter in South Carolina and engagements at Camp Baldwin and
Battle of Gainesville
in Florida. He was mustered out in 1865. On April 25, 1865, he married Mary M. Campbell, the daughter of an Ohio state senator.
Postbellum career
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Morey then undertook the study of law and was graduated from the Indianapolis Law School in 1867 and was admitted to the Ohio bar, commencing practice in
Hamilton, Ohio
, in partnership with one of his six brothers. His wife Mary died July 1, 1867, in Hamilton. On February 26, 1873, he was married to Ella R. Campbell, sister of his first wife.
Morey was elected as a
Republican
to two terms as city
solicitor
of Hamilton (1871?1875). He was also elected
prosecuting attorney
of
Butler County, Ohio
, in 1873, serving concurrently. In 1875, he ran unsuccessfully for the
Ohio Senate
. H. L. Morey was a delegate to the
Republican National Convention
in 1876.
In 1880, he was elected as a Republican from
Ohio's third district
to the
Forty-seventh Congress
. In 1882, following the reapportionment as a result of the 1880 census, he ran in
Ohio's seventh district
and presented credentials as a Member-elect to the
Forty-eighth Congress
, serving until June 20, 1884.
James E. Campbell
successfully contested the election and was seated June 21, 1884. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1884. In 1888, Morey was again elected from Ohio's seventh district to the
Fifty-first Congress
. However, back in the Third district the following term, he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890.
After his last term in Congress, Morey resumed the practice of law in Hamilton. He was a
Mason
, having advanced to the
Knight Templar
degree. He also was an
Odd Fellow
, a
Knight of Pythias
and a member of the
Royal Arcanum
. He died in 1902 and was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.
Henry L. Morey was a cousin of
James Whitcomb
, governor of Indiana (1843?1848) and United States Senator from Indiana (1849?1852).
See also
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References
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- United States Congress.
"Henry Lee Morey (id: M000943)"
.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
.
Retrieved on 2008-02-14
- Taylor, William A.
Ohio in Congress from 1803 to 1901
. Columbus, Ohio: The XX Century Publishing Company, 1900.
- History of the Republican Party in Ohio
. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1898, 1579 pgs.
- A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County Ohio
. Cincinnati, Ohio: Western Biographical Publishing Company, 1882.
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