Samuel P. Morrill

Infobox Congressman
name=Samuel Plummer Morrill

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state=Maine
district=2nd
party=Republican
term=March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871
preceded=Sidney Perham
succeeded=William P. Frye
date of birth=February 11, 1816
place of birth=Chesterville, Maine, USA
date of death=August 4, 1892
place of death=Chesterville, Maine, USA
spouse=
profession=Politician, Minister
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Samuel Plummer Morrill (February 11, 1816 – August 4, 1892) was a nineteenth century politician and minister from Maine.

Born in Chesterville, Maine, Morrill attended common schools as a child and later attended Farmington Academy in Farmington, Maine. He studied theology, was ordained a minister and held pastorates in Farmington from 1848 to 1853. He was elected register of deeds of Franklin County, Maine in 1857 and was reelected to the position in 1862. Morrill was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1868, serving from 1869 to 1871, being unsuccessful for renomination in 1870. Afterwards, he resumed ministerial duties in East Dixfield, Maine from 1877 to 1879, moved to Vienna, Maine in 1885 and retired from ministry in 1886. Morrill died in Chesterville, Maine on August 4, 1892 and was interned in Chesterville Hill Cemetery in Chesterville.

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7130408 Samuel P. Morrill] at Find A Grave