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Lewis Richard Morris (November 2, 1760 - December 29, 1825) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a United States Representative from Vermont. ==Biography== Morris was born in Scarsdale, New York and attended the common schools. While in his teens, Morris served as an aide to General Philip Schuyler and then to General George Clinton (vice president) during the American Revolutionary War.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LEWIS R. MORRIS (1760-1825) )〕 Morris moved to Springfield, Vermont in 1786, and established himself as a businessman, landowner and politician. He served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 1781 to 1783. He was a member of the Springfield meeting-house committee in 1785 and was tax collector in 1786 and 1787. He served as a selectman on the town council in 1788, and as town treasurer from 1790 to 1794.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The First Marshal of Vermont: Lewis R. Morris )〕 Morris was Windsor County court clerk from 1789 to 1796. He served as judge of the Windsor County court until 1801. Morris was clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1790 and 1791, and was a member of the convention to ratify the United States Constitution.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Morris, Lewis Richard (1760-1825) )〕 He was secretary of the constitutional convention in Windsor in 1793. Morris attended the Vermont ratifying convention in Bennington, Vermont, where he voted in support of the Constitution. On March 4, 1791 President George Washington appointed him the first U.S. Marshal of the District of Vermont. He served as Marshal until 1794.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LEWIS R. MORRIS (1760-1825) )〕 Morris was a brigadier general in the State militia in 1793 and major general of the First Division from 1795 to 1817.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MORRIS, Lewis Richard, (1760 - 1825) )〕 He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1795 to 1797 and 1803 to 1808, and served as speaker.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Speakers of the House )〕 He was elected as a Federalist to the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1803.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rep. Lewis Morrispublisher=govtrack.us )〕 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「Lewis R. Morris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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