Thomas G. Morris

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Thomas G. Morris


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico's At-large district (Seat A)
In office January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1969
Preceded by	John J. Dempsey
Succeeded by	District abolished
Member of the New Mexico House of Representatives
In office 1953–1958
Personal details
Born	Thomas Gayle Morris August 20, 1919 Carbon, Eastland County, Texas
Died	March 4, 2016 (aged 96) Amarillo, Texas
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	University of New Mexico

Thomas Gayle Morris (August 20, 1919 – March 4, 2016) was an American politician.

He was born in the town of Carbon, Eastland County, Texas. Morris moved to New Mexico and served in the United States Navy from November 12, 1937 to March 22, 1944. He then worked as a farmer in Quay County, and graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1948.

Morris served in the New Mexico House of Representatives from 1953 to 1958, and was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1958. Morris began serving on January 3, 1959, and left office January 3, 1969, after being defeated for re-election.^[1]

He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate in 1972, and then served as a management consultant and vice president for Bank Securities, Inc. As of 2013 he resided in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Thomas G. Morris donated his Congressional Papers to the New Mexico State University Library in 1973. He died in March 2016 at the age of 96.^[2]

References

Sources

United States Congress. "Thomas G. Morris (id: M000990)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Thomas G. Morris Congressional Papers Finding Aid

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by John J. Dempsey	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico's 1st congressional district 1959–1969	Succeeded by Manuel Lujan, Jr.

Members of the United States House of Representatives from New Mexico

Territorial (1851–1912)

Seat	Weightman Gallegos M. A. Otero Watts F. Perea Chaves Clever Chaves Gallegos Elkins Romero M. S. Otero Luna Manzanares Joseph Catron Fergusson P. Perea Rodey Andrews

At-large seats (1912–1969)

Seat	Fergusson Hernández Walton Hernández N. Montoya Morrow Simms Chávez Dempsey Anderson Lusk Miles Dempsey Morris

Seat	Curry none (1913–1943) Fernández J. Montoya Walker

Districts (1969–present)
(3rd district established in 1983)

1st district	Lujan Schiff Wilson Heinrich Grisham

2nd district	Foreman Runnels Skeen Pearce Teague Pearce

3rd district	Richardson Redmond Udall Luján

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