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Leopold Morse, (August 15, 1831 – December 15, 1892) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. ==Biography== Morse was born in Wachenheim, Germany and attended the common schools there. He immigrated to the United States in 1849 and resided for about a year in Sandwich, New Hampshire. He moved to Boston, Massachusetts and worked in a clothing store, which he later purchased and operated until his death. About 1850 Morse opened a clothing store in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Morse was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1876 and 1880. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate in 1870 and 1872 for election to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses. He was elected to the Forty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1885). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Forty-eighth Congress). He declined to accept a renomination in 1884. Morse was elected president of the Post Publishing Co. publisher of ''The Boston Post'', in that year. He returned to elected office as a Representative to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889). He served as chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State for the Congress. Morse was not a candidate for renomination in 1888. He resumed business activities, and died in Boston on December 15, 1892. Morse was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge. 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「Leopold Morse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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