History of Newtown, (Fairfield County) Connecticut United States of America

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A Short Biography of Luzon Burritt Morris

Luzon Burritt Morris, governor of Connecticut, was born in Newtown, Conn., April 16, 1827; son of Eli Gould and Lydia (Bennett) Morris, and grandson of Daniel and Elizabeth (Burritt) Morris. He was graduated from Yale, A.B., 1854, A.M., 1858, paying his expenses through college by Working in a blacksmith shop at Roxbury and in an edged tool factory at Seymour. He was a representative in the state legislature, 1855-56. He removed to New Haven, was admitted to the bar; was again a representative in the state legislature in 1870, 1876, and 1880, and state senator, 1874-76, serving as president of the senate. He was probate judge of the New Haven district, 1857-63, and was chairman of the commission to revise the probate laws of Connecticut. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor of the state in 1888 and again in 1890, receiving a plurality of the votes cast in 1890, but failed to receive a majority and the election devolved on the legislature, which was Republican. In 1892 he was elected, serving 1893-95. He was president of the Connecticut Savings Bank of New Haven. His son, Robert Tuttle, became a prominent surgeon in New York city, and a professor in the New York PostGraduate Medical college. Governor Morris died in New Haven, Conn., Aug. 22, 1895.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor