Morrill, Lot Myrick
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF NATIVES OF MAINE
            WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE CONGRESS
                     OF THE UNITED STATES
                           (By John C. Stewart)
  printed in Sprague's Journal Vol 11 page 36-42

                        Morrill, Lot Myrick, a Senator from Maine; born in Bel-
                     grade, May 3, 1813; attended district schools and Waterville
                     (now Colby) College; studied law, was admitted to the bar in
                     1837 and commenced practice in Readfield; moved to Augusta
                     in 1841; member of the state senate in 1854 and 1856 and
                     president of the senate in 1856; Governor of Maine 1858-1860;
                     elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the
                     vacancy caused by the resignation of Hannibal Hamlin; re-
                     elected in 1863 and served from January 9, 1861, to March 3,
                     1869; resumed the practice of law in Augusta; appointed in
                     December, 1869, and subsequently elected to the United States
                     Senate, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Pitt
                     Fessenden; re-elected in 1871, and served from October 30,
                     1869, to July 7, 1876, when he resigned; Secretary of the
                     Treasury of the United States in the cabinets of Presidents
                     Grant and Haves from July 7, 1876, to March 8, 1877; ap-
                     pointed by President Hayes collector of customs in Portland,'
                     March 13, 1877; died in Augusta, January 10, 1883.
                                            (To be continued)
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