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Edwin Porch Morrow (November 28, 1877June 15, 1935) was an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Kentucky from 1919 to 1923. He was the only Republican elected to this office between 1907 and 1927. He championed the typical Republican causes of his day, namely equal rights for African-Americans and the use of force to quell violence. Morrow had been schooled in his party's principles by his father, Thomas Z. Morrow, who was its candidate for governor in 1883, and his uncle, William O. Bradley, who was elected governor in 1895. Both men were founding members of the Republican Party in Kentucky. After rendering non-combat service in the Spanish–American War, Morrow graduated from the University of Cincinnati Law School in 1902 and opened his practice in Lexington, Kentucky. He made a name for himself almost immediately by securing the acquittal of a black man who had been charged with murder based on an extorted confession and perjured testimony. He was appointed U.S. District Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky by President William Howard Taft in 1910 and served until he was removed from office in 1913 by President Woodrow Wilson. In 1915, he ran for governor against his good friend, Augustus O. Stanley. Stanley won the election by 471 votes, making the 1915 contest the closest gubernatorial race in the state's history. Morrow ran for governor again in 1919. His opponent, James D. Black, had ascended to the governorship earlier that year when Stanley resigned to take a seat in the U.S. Senate. Morrow encouraged voters to "Right the Wrong of 1915" and ran on a progressive platform that included women's suffrage and quelling racial violence. He charged the Democratic administration with corruption, citing specific examples, and won the general election in a landslide. With a friendly legislature in 1920, he passed much of his agenda into law including an anti-lynching law and a reorganization of state government. He won national acclaim for preventing the lynching of a black prisoner in 1920. He was not hesitant to remove local officials who did not prevent or quell mob violence. By 1922, Democrats regained control of the General Assembly, and Morrow was not able to accomplish much in the second half of his term. Following his term as governor, he served on the United States Railroad Labor Board and the Railway Mediation Board, but never again held elected office. He died of a heart attack on June 15, 1935, while living with a cousin in Frankfort. ==Early life== Edwin Morrow was born to Thomas Zanzinger and Virginia Catherine (Bradley) Morrow in Somerset, Kentucky, on November 28, 1877.〔Hay, p. 152〕〔"Kentucky Governor Edwin Porch Morrow". National Governors Association〕 He and his twin brother, Charles, were the youngest of eight children.〔Jillson, p. 22〕 His father was one of the founders of the Republican Party in Kentucky and an unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1883.〔Harrison in ''The Kentucky Encyclopedia'', p. 655〕 His mother was a sister to William O'Connell Bradley, who was elected the first Republican governor of Kentucky in 1895.〔Powell, p. 86〕 Morrow's early education was in the public schools of Somerset.〔 At age 14, he entered preparatory school at St. Mary's College near Lebanon, Kentucky.〔Jillson, p. 24〕 He continued there throughout 1891 and 1892.〔 From there, he enrolled at Cumberland College (now the University of the Cumberlands) in Williamsburg, Kentucky, and distinguished himself in the debating society.〔 He was also interested in sports, playing halfback on the football team and left field on the baseball team.〔Jillson, p. 25〕 On June 24, 1898, Morrow enlisted as a private in the 4th Kentucky Infantry Regiment for service in the Spanish–American War.〔〔〔Tapp, p. 376〕 He was first stationed at Lexington, Kentucky, and later trained at Anniston, Alabama.〔Jillson, p. 27〕 Due to a bout with typhoid fever, he never saw active duty, and mustered out as a second lieutenant on February 12, 1899.〔Cotterill in ''Dictionary of American Biography''〕 In 1900, he matriculated for the fall semester at the University of Cincinnati Law School.〔 He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1902.〔 Morrow opened his practice in Lexington.〔 He established his reputation in one of his first cases—the trial of William Moseby, a black man accused of murder.〔 Moseby's first trial had ended in a hung jury, but because the evidence against him included a confession (which he later recanted), most observers believed he would be convicted in his second trial.〔Jillson, p. 30〕 Unable to find a defense lawyer for Moseby, the judge in the case turned to Morrow, who as a young lawyer was eager for work.〔 Morrow proved that his client's testimony had been extorted; he had been told that a lynch mob waited outside the jail for him, but no such mob had ever existed.〔Jillson, p. 31〕 Morrow further showed that other testimony against his client was false.〔 Moseby was acquitted September 21, 1902.〔 Morrow returned to Somerset in 1903.〔 There, he married Katherine Hale Waddle on June 18, 1903.〔 Waddle's father had studied law under Morrow's father, and Edwin and Katherine had been playmates, schoolmates, and later sweethearts.〔Jillson, p. 33〕 The couple had two children, Edwina Haskell in July 1904 and Charles Robert in November 1908.〔Jillson, p. 34〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edwin P. 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