Morgan C. Fitzpatrick Explained

Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick
State1:Tennessee
District1:4th
Term Start1:March 4, 1903
Term End1:March 3, 1905
Preceded1:Charles E. Snodgrass
Succeeded1:Mounce G. Butler
Office2:Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
Term2:1895-1899
Birth Date: October 29, 1868
Birth Place:Smith County
Death Place:Nashville, Tennessee
Spouse:Maggie Mae DeBow Fitzpatrick
Profession:Attorneypolitician

newspaper editor

Party:Democratic
Alma Mater:Cumberland University

Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick (October 29, 1868 – June 25, 1908) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 4th congressional district of Tennessee.

Biography

Fitzpatrick was born on October 29, 1868, near Carthage, Tennessee, in Smith County. He attended the common schools and Lebanon University, in Ohio, in 1887. In 1891, he graduated from the law department of Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Hartville, Tennessee. He also edited a newspaper at Hartville. In 1894 he married Maggie Mae De Bow.[1]

Career

A member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, Fitzpatrick served from 1895 to 1899. He served as speaker in 1897, having been elected on the first ballot over A.H. Pettibone. He was the state superintendent of public instruction from 1899 to 1903. He was chairman of the state Democratic executive committee.[2]

Fitzpatrick was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress. He served from March 4, 1903, to March 3, 1905,[3] but he was not a candidate for renomination in 1904 and resumed the practice of law.

Death

Fitzpatrick died in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 25, 1908 (age 39 years, 240 days). He is interred at Gallatin Cemetery in Gallatin, Tennessee.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick. January 1998. Alabama Biographical Dictionary. 9780403098118. 30 April 2013.
  2. Web site: Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 30 April 2013.
  3. Web site: Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick. Govtrack US Congress. 30 April 2013.
  4. Web site: Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 30 April 2013.