district succeeded death_date death_place birth_place profession party preceded term birth_date article_title state name
2nd and 12th frederick -lrb- 12th -rrb- h. gillett -lrb- 2nd -rrb- william c. lovering june 5 , 1898 -lrb- aged 57 -rrb- canton , massachusetts south bend , indiana manufacturer of stove polish republican john -lrb- 12th -rrb- davis long -lrb- 2nd -rrb- john c. crosby march 4 , 1889 -- march 3 , 1897 may 25 , 1841 elijah a. morse
 massachusetts elijah adams morse
elijah a. morse

elijah adams morse -lrb- may 25 , 1841 - june 5 , 1898 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from massachusetts .
born in south bend , st. joseph county , indiana , morse moved to massachusetts with his parents , who settled in boston in 1852 .
he attended the public schools , the boylston school in boston , and onondaga academy , new york .
enlisted in the union army in the fourth regiment , massachusetts volunteers , during the civil war .
he served three months under general butler in virginia and one year under general banks in louisiana .
he was promoted to corporal .
manufacturer of stove polish in canton , massachusetts .
he served as member of the state house of representatives in 1876 .
he was an unsuccessful prohibition party candidate for lieutenant governor in 1877 .
he served in the state senate in 1886 and 1887 .
he served as member of the governor 's council in 1888 .
morse was elected as a republican to the fifty-first and to the three succeeding congresses -lrb- march 4 , 1889-march 3 , 1897 -rrb- .
he served as chairman of the committee on alcohol liquor traffic -lrb- fifty-fourth congress -rrb- .
he was not a candidate for renomination in 1896 .
he resumed manufacturing activities .
he died in canton , massachusetts , june 5 , 1898 .
he was interred in canton cemetery .
