Gouverneur Morris (1752 - 1816)

Born 31 Jan 1752 in City of New York, Province of New York, British America

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Died 6 Nov 1816 at age 64 in New York City, New York, USA

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Preceded by James Watson

Gouverneur Morris US Senator (Class 1) from New York 1800—1803

Succeeded by Theodorus Bailey

Gouverneur Morris participated in the American Revolution. Join: 1776 Project Discuss: 1776

Biography

Gouverneur Morris served with American Founding Fathers during the American Revolution.

Gouverneur Morris is Notable.

Gouverneur Morris was born on January 31, 1752 in City of New York, Province of New York, British America. His parents were Lewis Morris and Sarah Gouverneur. He married Ann Randolph Together they had 1 child:

1. Gouverneur Morris

He died on November 06, 1816 in New York City, New York, United States.

Online Biographies

• Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouverneur_Morris
• US Army Center Of Military History
• http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ss/morrisg.htm
• Colonial Hall http://colonialhall.com/morrisg/morrisg.php
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000976
• The New Netherlands Project http://www.nnp.org/nni/Publications/Dutch-American/morrisg.html

Printed Biographies

• Brookhiser, Richard (2003). Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution (New York: Free Press. ISBN 0-7432-2379-9).
• Miller, Melanie Randolph, Envoy to the Terror: Gouverneur Morris and the French Revolution (Potomac Books, 2005)
• The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris, Minister of the United States to France; Member of the Constitutional Convention, ed. Anne Cary Morris (1888). 2 vols. online version
• Swiggert, Howard (1952). The Extraordinary Mr. Morris. (New York: Doubleday & Co.).
• Jared Sparks, Life of Gouverneur Morris, 1832.
• Theodore Roosevelt, Gouverneur Morris, 1888.

Sources

• Gouverneur Morris Papers [1]
• The New York Public Library Digital Collections, Philip Schuyler papers, Uncalendared letters, 1775-1781, https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5d144f00-84e2-0134-bce2-00505686a51c#/?uuid=63a83c40-84e2-0134-0eaf-00505686a51c , accessed 22 May 2022. Letter from G. Morris to Philip Schuyler.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #4718 accessed on 06 Aug 2020