Morris
Americannoun
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Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack 1814–1902, U.S. suffragist.
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Gouverneur 1752–1816, U.S. statesman.
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Robert, 1734–1806, U.S. financier and statesman, born in England.
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William, 1834–96, English painter, furniture designer, poet, and socialist writer.
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Wright, 1910–1998, U.S. novelist.
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a male given name, form of Maurice.
noun
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After the war Gouverneur Morris was tapped by Pennsylvania to be one of its delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
At the Philadelphia convention, Morris several times insisted on the need for impeachment in the case of a president in the pay of a foreign power.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
A son of the elite though he was, young Morris sided with the patriots once the first shots of the American Revolution were fired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Gouverneur Morris specified “corruption” as one of the “few” offenses for which he would favor impeachment.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
In a happy daze he listened while Mr. Morris talked.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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