Thomas Morris (Wisconsin politician)


Thomas Morris was an American lawyer and politician in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He served in the Wisconsin State Senate and was the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 1911 until 1915.

Early life

Morris was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, St. Arnold Parish, Quebec. He attended the common schools in Quebec before moving to La Crosse, Wisconsin where he worked as a barber. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison, Wisconsin in 1889, and returned to La Crosse to practice law.

Political career

In 1898 he was elected District Attorney for La Crosse County, Wisconsin, and was reelected in 1900. He served as the chairman of the Republican Congressional Committee of the Seventh Congressional District before being elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1904 and 1908. Morris was instrumental in establishing what is now University of Wisconsin–La Crosse in 1909.
In 1911 Morris was elected Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin as a Republican serving until 1915.
He died on September 17, 1928 in New York City of a heart attack at the age of 67.

Family life

Morris married Lillian L. Pendleton and had nine children.