district succeeded death_date death_place birth_place party term_end preceded term_start article_title state name restingplace
ohio 15 15th william kennon , jr. 23 october 1854 woodsfield , ohio greene county , pennsylvania democratic march 3 , 1847 sherlock j. andrews march 4 , 1843 joseph morris -lrb- ohio politician -rrb-
 ohio joseph morris morris cemetery
joseph morris -lrb- ohio politician -rrb-

joseph morris -lrb- october 16 , 1795 - october 23 , 1854 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from ohio , father of james remley morris .
born in greene county , pennsylvania , morris attended the public schools .
he was sheriff of greene county in 1824 .
he moved to woodsfield , ohio , in 1829 and engaged in mercantile pursuits .
he served as member of the state house of representatives in 1833 and 1834 .
morris was elected as a democrat to the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth congresses -lrb- march 4 , 1843 -- march 3 , 1847 -rrb- from ohio 's 15th congressional district .
he was not a candidate for renomination in 1846 .
after retiring from the united states congress he resumed business interests and then died in woodsfield , ohio on october 23 , 1854 .
morris was buried in morris cemetery , near woodsfield .
