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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
In 1889, he was married to Louise Bouvier Drexel (1863 &ndash;1945), daughter of [[Francis Anthony Drexel]] and niece of [[Anthony J. Drexel]], the most influential financier in the U.S. in the nineteenth century. Louise's mother, Emma Bouvier, was the aunt of [[John Vernou Bouvier, Jr.]] was U.S. First Lady [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]]'s paternal grandmother. Louise's half-sister was canonized as [[Saint Katharine Drexel]] on October 1, 2000 by [[Pope John Paul II]].
In 1889, he was married to Louise Bouvier Drexel (1863 &ndash;1945), daughter of [[Francis Anthony Drexel]] and niece of [[Anthony J. Drexel]], the most influential financier in the U.S. in the nineteenth century. Louise's mother, Emma Bouvier, was the aunt of [[John Vernou Bouvier, Jr.]], U.S. First Lady [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]]'s paternal grandfather. Louise's half-sister was canonized as [[Saint Katharine Drexel]] on October 1, 2000 by [[Pope John Paul II]].


He was a resident of the [[Torresdale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Torresdale]] section of Philadelphia. He later went to [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]], for his health, and died there in 1917. He interred in the family crypt at Eden Hall in Torresdale.<ref name="EdVMbioguide"/>
He was a resident of the [[Torresdale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Torresdale]] section of Philadelphia. He later went to [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]], for his health, and died there in 1917. He interred in the family crypt at Eden Hall in Torresdale.<ref name="EdVMbioguide"/> The North East Philadelphia neighborhood of [[Morrell Park, Philadelphia|Morrell Park]] next to Torresdale where he resided is named after him and is the former site of the Morrell's summer estate.


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Edward de Veaux Morrell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 5th district
In office
November 6, 1900 – March 3, 1907
Preceded byAlfred C. Harmer
Succeeded byWilliam W. Foulkrod
Personal details
Born(1863-08-07)August 7, 1863
Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.
DiedSeptember 1, 1917(1917-09-01) (aged 54)
Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Louise Bouvier Drexel
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(m. 1889)​
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania Law School

Edward de Veaux Morrell (August 7, 1863 – September 1, 1917) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Early life

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Morrell was born in Newport, Rhode Island on August 7, 1863. He was the son of Edward Morrell and Ida Alicia (née Powel) Morrell.[1]

He attended private schools and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a member of St. Anthony Hall, in 1885. He studied law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1887 and commenced practice in Philadelphia. He was a member of the select council of Philadelphia from 1891 to 1894. He was active in the Pennsylvania National Guard, serving as a colonel of the Third Regiment and brigadier general commanding the First Brigade.[2]

Career

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Morrell was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alfred C. Harmer. He was reelected to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, and Fifty-ninth Congresses. He served as chairman of the House United States House Committee on the Militia during the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses. In 1904, he delivered a speech defending the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment from Democrats' polemics against it.[3] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906.[2]

He established the first telephone line north of the Frankford section of Philadelphia, and built an electric-light plant there. He was a member of the board of education of Philadelphia from 1912 to 1916.[2]

Personal life

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In 1889, he was married to Louise Bouvier Drexel (1863 –1945), daughter of Francis Anthony Drexel and niece of Anthony J. Drexel, the most influential financier in the U.S. in the nineteenth century. Louise's mother, Emma Bouvier, was the aunt of John Vernou Bouvier, Jr., U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's paternal grandfather. Louise's half-sister was canonized as Saint Katharine Drexel on October 1, 2000 by Pope John Paul II.

He was a resident of the Torresdale section of Philadelphia. He later went to Colorado Springs, Colorado, for his health, and died there in 1917. He interred in the family crypt at Eden Hall in Torresdale.[2] The North East Philadelphia neighborhood of Morrell Park next to Torresdale where he resided is named after him and is the former site of the Morrell's summer estate.

References

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  1. ^ Society, Sons of the Revolution Pennsylvania (1918). Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the Revolution. The Society. pp. 41-42. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "MORRELL, Edward de Veaux - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  3. ^ Morrell, Edward de Veaux (April 4, 1904). Negro Suffrage. Should the fourteenth and fifteen amendments be repealed? Speech of Hon. Edward De V. Morrell, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, Monday April 4, 1904 (PDF). Washington, D.C. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 31, 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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