The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . e until July 10,1884. He died in New Orleans. MORRILL, Justin Smith, an American states-man; born in Orange County, Vermont, April 14,1810; received only acommon-school educa-tion ; engaged in businessat an early age, but finallydevoted himself to agri-cultural pursuits; servedin the national House ofRepresentatives, as a Re-publican, from Dec, 1855,to March 3, 1867, beingchairman of the Commit-tee of Ways and Means,and the author of the tariffbill of 1861 known by hisname. He was Senator in 186
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . e until July 10,1884. He died in New Orleans. MORRILL, Justin Smith, an American states-man; born in Orange County, Vermont, April 14,1810; received only acommon-school educa-tion ; engaged in businessat an early age, but finallydevoted himself to agri-cultural pursuits; servedin the national House ofRepresentatives, as a Re-publican, from Dec, 1855,to March 3, 1867, beingchairman of the Commit-tee of Ways and Means,and the author of the tariffbill of 1861 known by hisname. He was Senator in 1867, andreelected for six success-ive terms, his Congress-ional service exceeding that of any living wrote Self-Consciousnesso-f AotcdPci-sons{i&&6).Died in Washington, D. C, Dec. 28, 1898. MORRILL, Lot Myrick, an American states-man; born at Belgrade, Maine, May 3, 1813. Hewas admitted to the bar in 1839, having only re-ceived a partial college education; in 1854 he waselected to the state legislature, as a Democrat;subsequently entered the state senate, of which. JUSTIN S. MORRILL. 144 MORRILTON —MORRIS he became president (1856). A year later, hav-ing broken with the Democratic party on theKansas question, he was elected governor by theRepublicans. He was twice re-elected, and in1861 succeeded Hannibal Hamlin in the UnitedStates Senate. Re-elected in 1863, he serveduntil 1869, but was then defeated in caucus; serveda part of William Pitt Fessendens term (1869-71),and again was elected Senator in 1871. In June,1876, under President Grant, he became Secretaryof the Treasury, succeeding Benjamin H. Bris-tow, and held that office until March, 1877. Hewas an earnest advocate of a prompt resumptionof specie payments. President Hayes appointedhim collector of customs for the district of Port-land, Maine, which ofifice he held until his death,in Augusta, Maine, Jan. 10, 1883. MORRILTON, a city and the capital of Con-way County, Arkansas, located northwest of thecentral
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