Anson Morrill

Anson Peaslee Morrill
Anson Peaslee Morrill
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Maine's 4th district
	In office; March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
Preceded by	Freeman H. Morse
Succeeded by	John H. Rice
24th Governor of Maine
	In office; January 3, 1855 – January 2, 1856
Preceded by	William G. Crosby
Succeeded by	Samuel Wells
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
	In office; 1833
Personal details
Born	June 10, 1803; Belgrade, Massachusetts; (now Maine)
Died	July 4, 1887 (aged 84); Augusta, Maine
Political party	Republican

Anson Peaslee Morrill (June 10, 1803 – July 4, 1887) was an American politician.

Biography

Born in 1803 in Belgrade (in modern-day Maine, then a part of Massachusetts), originally a storekeeper and millkeeper, he was the 24th Governor of Maine from 1855 to 1856, represented Maine's fourth district in the United States House of Representatives from 1861 to 1863 and served in the Maine House of Representatives. He represented the Maine Law and Know Nothing parties when elected governor in 1854 and as a Republican in the 1855 election for governor.[1] Morrill also served as sheriff of Somerset County, Maine. He was older brother to Lot M. Morrill, a U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Ulysses S. Grant.

After his term as governor, Morrill served as president of the Maine Central Railroad 1864-1866 and again 1873–1875.[2] Following his second term as the railroad's president, he served as vice president for the railroad until his death in 1887.

Governor Morrill died in 1887 in Augusta, Maine and is buried at the Forest Grove Cemetery in Augusta.

References

United States Congress. "Anson Morrill (id: M000967)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-03-23

Public documents of Maine: Being the annual reports of the various public officers and institutions for the year 1874 (PDF). Augusta: Sprague, Owen & Nash. 1874.
Legg, John F. (January 17, 1999). "Maine Central Railroad Company". Archived from the original on August 18, 2005. Retrieved December 29, 2005.

Party political offices
First	Know Nothing nominee for Governor of Maine 1854	Succeeded by None
First	Republican nominee for Governor of Maine 1855	Succeeded by Hannibal Hamlin
Political offices
Preceded by William G. Crosby	Governor of Maine 1855–1856	Succeeded by Samuel Wells
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Freeman H. Morse	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 4th congressional district March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	Succeeded by John H. Rice
Business positions
Preceded by Hollis Bowman	President of Maine Central Railroad 1864–1866	Succeeded by unk.
Preceded by unk.	President of Maine Central Railroad 1873–1875	Succeeded by unk.

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[1] Public documents of Maine: Being the annual reports of the various public officers and institutions for the year 1874 (PDF). Augusta: Sprague, Owen & Nash. 1874.

[Legg,_Maine_Central-2] Legg, John F. (January 17, 1999). "Maine Central Railroad Company". Archived from the original on August 18, 2005. Retrieved December 29, 2005.