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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Maine%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Maine's 4th congressional district">4th</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Freeman_H._Morse" title="Freeman H. Morse">Freeman H. Morse</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_H._Rice" title="John H. Rice">John H. Rice</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">24th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maine" title="Governor of Maine">Governor of Maine</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1855 – January 2, 1856</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_G._Crosby" title="William G. Crosby">William G. Crosby</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Wells" title="Samuel Wells">Samuel Wells</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1803-06-10</span>)</span>June 10, 1803<br /><a href="/wiki/Belgrade,_Maine" title="Belgrade, Maine">Belgrade, Massachusetts</a><br />(now <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">July 4, 1887<span style="display:none">(1887-07-04)</span> (aged 84)<br /><a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Maine" title="Augusta, Maine">Augusta, Maine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Anson Peaslee Morrill</b> (June 10, 1803 – July 4, 1887) was an American politician who served as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Maine" title="List of governors of Maine">24th governor of Maine</a> from 1855 to 1856 and later as the U.S. representative from <a href="/wiki/Maine%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Maine's 4th congressional district">Maine's 4th congressional district</a> from 1861 to 1863. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anson_Morrill&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morrill was born in 1803 in <a href="/wiki/Belgrade,_Maine" title="Belgrade, Maine">Belgrade</a> (in modern-day <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>, then a part of <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>). In his early years, Morrill served as the Postmaster of Dearborn and ran a general store. He was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Maine_House_of_Representatives" title="Maine House of Representatives">Maine House of Representatives</a> in 1833 from Belgrade. He served as <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Maine" title="Cumberland County, Maine">Cumberland County</a> Sheriff in 1839, and was subsequently elected the State House from <a href="/wiki/Madison,_Maine" title="Madison, Maine">Madison</a> in 1844.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1850, Morrill was appointed State Land Agent, and served until 1854.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though Morrill was a Democrat, he emerged as the <a href="/wiki/Maine_law" title="Maine law">Maine Law</a> candidate for governor in 1853. In that year's gubernatorial election, Morrill placed third, winning 13% of the vote to Democrat Albert Pillsbury's 44% and incumbent Whig Governor <a href="/wiki/William_G._Crosby" title="William G. Crosby">William Crosby</a>’s 32%. No candidate received a majority of the vote, which threw the election to the state legislature. Though the governing coalition of Whigs, Free Soilers, and anti-Maine Law Democrats originally agreed to elect Morrill as governor, the Whigs backed out—and instead re-elected Crosby as governor.<sup id="cite_ref-new_england_senates_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-new_england_senates-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Morrill again in 1854, this time as the <a href="/wiki/Know_Nothing" title="Know Nothing">Know Nothing</a> nominee, and won 49% of the vote to Albion Parris's 31% and Isaac Reed's 15%. The election was once again thrown to the legislature, which elected Morrill. He ran for re-election in 1855 as the nominee of the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>, but though he won 47% of the vote to Democrat Samuel Wells's 44%, the legislature elected Wells over Morrill.<sup id="cite_ref-new_england_senates_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-new_england_senates-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1860, Morrill was elected to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> from <a href="/wiki/Maine%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Maine's 4th congressional district">Maine's 4th congressional district</a>. Though <a href="/wiki/James_G._Blaine" title="James G. Blaine">James G. Blaine</a> had originally planned on running for the seat, he deferred to Morrill. In 1862, Morrill opted against seeking re-election to allow Blaine to run.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMuzzey37_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMuzzey37-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After leaving Congress, he served as President of the <a href="/wiki/Maine_Central_Railroad" title="Maine Central Railroad">Maine Central Railroad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served one final term as a member of the Maine House from 1881 to 1882. In 1882, Morrill urged Blaine, his old friend, to <a href="/wiki/1882_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1882 United States House of Representatives elections">run for Congress</a>, but Blaine declined.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMuzzey228-32_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMuzzey228-32-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Governor Morrill died in 1887 in <a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Maine" title="Augusta, Maine">Augusta, Maine</a> and is buried at the Forest Grove Cemetery in Augusta. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anson_Morrill&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anson_Morrill&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHunt1995" class="citation book cs1">Hunt, H. Draper (1995). "MORRILL, Anson Peaslee". In Ghosh, Ratna; Hubbell, John T.; Wakelyn, Jon L. (eds.). <i>Biographical Directory of the Union: Northern Leaders of the Civil War</i>. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. pp. 362–63. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780313209208" title="Special:BookSources/9780313209208"><bdi>9780313209208</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=MORRILL%2C+Anson+Peaslee&rft.btitle=Biographical+Directory+of+the+Union%3A+Northern+Leaders+of+the+Civil+War&rft.place=Westport%2C+Conn.&rft.pages=362-63&rft.pub=Greenwood+Press&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=9780313209208&rft.aulast=Hunt&rft.aufirst=H.+Draper&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnson+Morrill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHatch1919" class="citation book cs1">Hatch, Louis Clinton (1919). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Rr0MAAAAYAAJ"><i>Maine: A History</i></a>. Vol. 2. p. 365.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Maine%3A+A+History&rft.pages=365&rft.date=1919&rft.aulast=Hatch&rft.aufirst=Louis+Clinton&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DRr0MAAAAYAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnson+Morrill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-new_england_senates-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-new_england_senates_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-new_england_senates_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFYeargain2021" class="citation journal cs1">Yeargain, Tyler (2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1405&context=unh_lr">"New England State Senates: Case Studies for Revisiting the Indirect Election of Legislators"</a>. <i>University of New Hampshire Law Review</i>. <b>19</b> (2): 381–82<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 28,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=University+of+New+Hampshire+Law+Review&rft.atitle=New+England+State+Senates%3A+Case+Studies+for+Revisiting+the+Indirect+Election+of+Legislators&rft.volume=19&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=381-82&rft.date=2021&rft.aulast=Yeargain&rft.aufirst=Tyler&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fscholars.unh.edu%2Fcgi%2Fviewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D1405%26context%3Dunh_lr&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnson+Morrill" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMuzzey37-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMuzzey37_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMuzzey">Muzzey</a>, p. 37.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLegg,_John_F.1999" class="citation web cs1">Legg, John F. 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New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=James+G.+Blaine%3A+A+Political+Idol+of+Other+Days&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Dodd%2C+Mead%2C+and+Company&rft.date=1934&rft.aulast=Muzzey&rft.aufirst=David+Saville&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fjamesgblainepoli0000muzz&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnson+Morrill" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anson_Morrill&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUnited_States_CongressM000967" class="citation web cs1">United States Congress. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000967">"Anson Morrill (id: M000967)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Biographical+Directory+of+the+United+States+Congress&rft.atitle=Anson+Morrill+%28id%3A+M000967%29&rft.au=United+States+Congress&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbioguide.congress.gov%2Fscripts%2Fbiodisplay.pl%3Findex%3DM000967&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAnson+Morrill" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>First</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Know_Nothing" title="Know Nothing">Know Nothing</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maine" title="Governor of Maine">Governor of Maine</a> </b><br />1854 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">None</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>First</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maine" title="Governor of Maine">Governor of Maine</a> </b><br />1855 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Hannibal_Hamlin" title="Hannibal Hamlin">Hannibal Hamlin</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_G._Crosby" title="William G. Crosby">William G. Crosby</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Maine">Governor of Maine</a> </b><br />1855–1856 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Wells" title="Samuel Wells">Samuel Wells</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Freeman_H._Morse" title="Freeman H. Morse">Freeman H. Morse</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Maine" title="List of United States representatives from Maine">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="Maine04 !"><a href="/wiki/Maine%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Maine's 4th congressional district">Maine's 4th congressional district</a></span> </b><br />March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_H._Rice" title="John H. Rice">John H. 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