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Thomas Zanzinger Morrow (September 3, 1836August 25, 1913) was a lawyer, judge, and politician from Kentucky. He was one of twenty-eight men who founded the Kentucky Republican Party. His brother-in-law, William O. Bradley, was elected governor of Kentucky in 1895, and his son, Edwin P. Morrow was elected to that same office in 1919. Morrow actively campaigned for Abraham Lincoln for president in 1860, and served in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly. During the Civil War, he raised and commanded the 32nd Kentucky Infantry Regiment of the Union Army, which was in active service from 1862 to 1863. After the war, he remained active with the Republican Party, and was its nominee for governor in 1883, losing to J. Proctor Knott. He served seventeen years as a circuit court judge for Kentucky's 8th district. He died August 25, 1913 after a long illness. ==Early life== Thomas Morrow was born in Boyle County, Kentucky September 3, 1836.〔Ward, p. 221〕〔Ward, p. 221〕 He was one of six children born to Alexander S. and Margaret (Boyd) Morrow.〔Perrin, p. 920〕 His paternal grandparents emigrated from Scotland to Pennsylvania before the Revolutionary War.〔Jillson, p. 19〕 One branch of the family migrated to the American Midwest; from this branch came Jeremiah Morrow, U.S. Senator and governor of Ohio.〔Jillson, p. 20〕 However, Jeremiah Morrow's family first went to Ireland and thus were Scots-Irish. Alexander Morrow relocated to Paris, Kentucky before coming to Flemingsburg.〔 In 1848, the family moved to Danville, Kentucky where Alexander found work as a merchant and hotel keeper.〔Tibbals, p. 43〕〔Smith, p. 809〕 Thomas Morrow matriculated to Centre College and graduated in 1855.〔 Among his fellow graduates that year were future Missouri governor Thomas Theodore Crittenden, future Kentucky governor John Y. Brown, and future Kentucky congressman William Campbell Preston Breckinridge.〔Jillson, p. 22〕 Morrow then enrolled in the law school at Transylvania University, graduating in 1856.〔 Following graduation, Morrow taught school for six months at Milledgeville in Lincoln County, Kentucky.〔 In 1857, he moved to Somerset, Kentucky where he became the editor of a Democratic newspaper for one year.〔 After this, he opened his law practice, partnering with Joshua Fry Bell.〔 In 1858, he was elected county attorney of Pulaski County; he served until his resignation in 1861.〔〔Tibbals, p. 16〕 Morrow married Catherine Virginia Bradley on December 24, 1858.〔Perrin, p. 921〕 Bradley was a sister to William O. Bradley, who was elected the first Republican governor of Kentucky in 1895 and later served as a U. S. Senator.〔Jillson, p. 21〕 The couple had eight children—7 boys and 1 girl.〔 Their youngest children were twin boys; one of these was Edwin P. Morrow, who was elected governor of Kentucky in 1919.〔 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「Thomas Z. Morrow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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