Edmund Needham Morrill

Edmund Needham Morrill
13th Governor of Kansas
In office
January 14, 1895 – January 11, 1897
Lieutenant James Armstrong Troutman
Preceded by Lorenzo D. Lewelling
Succeeded by John W. Leedy
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891
Preceded by John A. Anderson
Succeeded by Case Broderick
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's at-large district
In office
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
Preceded by William A. Phillips
Succeeded by seat eliminated
Member of the Kansas Senate
In office
1872
Personal details
Born February 12, 1834
Westbrook, Maine
Died March 14, 1909 (aged 75)
San Antonio, Texas
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Elizabeth A. Brettun, Caroline Jenkins Nash
Profession soldier, teacher
Religion Congregational

Edmund Needham Morrill (February 12, 1834 – March 14, 1909) was a U.S. Congressman from Kansas and the 13th governor of Kansas.

Edmund Needham Morrill was born in Westbrook, Maine, to Rufus and Mary (Webb) Morrill. He attended the common schools at Westbrook Academy and learned the trade of tanning from his father. At the age of 23, he moved to Kansas.

In 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company C, 7th Kansas Cavalry. Within a year, he was a captain, and by 1865 he was a major.

After the Civil War, he entered the banking business and remained in that business for the rest of his life.

Morrill married twice, first to Elizabeth A. Brettum whom he married on November 27, 1862. Elizabeth died November 1868 at Hiawatha, Kansas. Morrill's second wife was Caroline Jenkins Nash, whom he married December 25, 1869. They had three children, all born at Hiawatha.

In 1866, he was elected clerk of the district court. In 1872, he was elected to the Kansas Senate. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1882, serving four two-year terms before declining another, announcing instead his retirement from politics. Nevertheless, at the urging of his friends, he accepted the nomination for governor of Kansas in 1894 and served one term, being defeated in 1896.

Morrill died March 14, 1909, in San Antonio, Texas, and is buried in Hiawatha's Mount Hope Cemetery.

References

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Seat created		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's at-large congressional district
1883–1885 		Succeeded by
Seat eliminated
Preceded by
John A. Anderson		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 1st congressional district
1885–1891 		Succeeded by
Case Broderick
Political offices
Preceded by
Lorenzo D. Lewelling		 Governor of Kansas
1895–1897 		Succeeded by
John W. Leedy
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