- Edmund Needham Morrill
Infobox Governor
name= Edmund Needham Morrill
caption=
order=13th
office= Governor of Kansas
term_start=January 14 ,1895
term_end=January 11 ,1897
lieutenant=James Armstrong Troutman
predecessor=Lorenzo D. Lewelling
successor=John W. Leedy
birth_date=February 12 ,1834
birth_place=Westbrook, Maine
death_date=March 14 ,1909
death_place=San Antonio, Texas
spouse= Elizabeth A. Brettun, Caroline Jenkins Nash
profession= soldier, teacher
party= Republican
religion=Congregational
footnotes=Edmund Needham Morrill (
February 12 ,1834 –March 14 ,1909 ) was a U.S. Congressman from Kansas and thirteenthGovernor of Kansas .Edmund Needham Morrill was born in
Westbrook, Maine to Rufus and Mary (Webb) Morrill. He attended the common schools atWestbrook Academy and learned the trade oftanning from his father. At the age of 23, he moved toKansas . In 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company C,7th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry . Within a year he was promoted tocaptain , and by 1865 he was promoted tomajor .After the war, he entered the banking business and remained in that business for the rest of his life. Edmund married twice. His first wife was Elizabeth A. Brettum whom he married 27 November 1862. Elizabeth died November 1868 at
Hiawatha, Kansas . Morrill's second wife was Caroline Jenkins Nash whom he married 25 December 1869. Together they had three children all born at Hiawatha.A year after the war, he was elected
clerk of the district court. In 1872 he was elected to theKansas Senate . In 1882 he was elected to the U.S. Congress, serving four two-year terms before declining another, announcing instead his retirement from politics. Nevetheless at the urging of his friends, he accepted the nomination for Governor of Kansas in 1894 and served one term, being defeated for a second term in 1896.References
* Blackmar, Frank W. "Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc." (Chicago: Standard Publishing Company), 1912.
* Morrill, E. N. "History and Statistics of Brown County, Kansas" (Hiawatha, KS: s.n.), 1876.
External links
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6898301 Find a grave profile for Edmund Needham Morrill]
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