Seth W. Morrison
(1856-1935)

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Person Item Type Metadata

District

8th District Representative

Political Party

Republican

Latter-day Saint

No

Age at Election

55

Birth Date

December 13, 1856

Birthplace

Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States

Death Date

November 4, 1935

Spouse(s)

Fannie Frink Pettit (1856-1941) Married December 6, 1881

Occupation

Lumber Business

Biographical Text

Seth Warner Morrison left college as a sophomore due to ill health. In 1872, he moved to Denver, Colorado, to run a lumber business with his father. He then moved to Utah in 1890 and started the successful lumber company Morrison, Merrill, and Co. Before becoming a representative, Morrison had never held a public office. As a representative, he focused on railroad issues and “was a most efficient legislator " (Drumm 1896, 83). Morrison died in 1935 following a period of ill health.

Bibliography

Drumm, Mark. "The Bee Hive State." Drumm's Manual of Utah, and Souvenir of the First State Legislature, 1896. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Salt Lake City, Utah: M. Drumm, 1896. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hx4jb7.

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KVJR-4S1

Image of Seth W. Morrison by courtesy of HathiTrust Cropped from page 68 of Drumm, Mark. "The Bee Hive State." Drumm's Manual of Utah, and Souvenir of the First State Legislature, 1896. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Salt Lake City, Utah: M. Drumm, 1896. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hx4jb7?urlappend=%3Bseq=74

Citation

“Seth W. Morrison
(1856-1935),” Utah State History Digital Exhibits, accessed May 4, 2024, https://utahstatehistory.omeka.net/items/show/255.

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