ELIJAH ADAMS MORSE

Morse, Elijah Adams (1841-1898), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind., May 25, 1841; moved to Massachusetts with his parents, who settled in Boston in 1852; attended the public schools, the Boylston School in Boston, and Onondaga Academy, New York; enlisted in the Union Army in the Fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, during the Civil War; served three months under General Butler in Virginia and one year under General Banks in Louisiana; promoted to corporal; manufacturer of stove polish in Canton, Mass.; member of the State house of representatives in 1876; unsuccessful Prohibition Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1877; served in the State senate in 1886 and 1887; member of the Governor’s council in 1888; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1897); chairman, Committee on Alcohol Liquor Traffic (Fifty-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1896; resumed manufacturing activities; died in Canton, Norfolk County, Mass., June 5, 1898; interment in Canton Cemetery.
Parents: Abner Morse, Hannah Peck
Spouse: Felicia V. _____ b. abt 1844 in Massachusetts
Children:
Martha Morse b. abt 1869 in Massachusetts
Walter E. Morse b. abt 1870 in Massachusetts
Abner Morse b. abt 1870 Massachusetts
Joseph Morse b. abt 1874 Massachusetts
Samuel Morse b. abt 1877 Massachusetts
Benjamin Morse b. abt 1879 Massachusetts

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell