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Dorilus Morrison

American businessman and politician (1814–1897)

Field	Value
name	Dorilus Morrison
image	Dorilus Morrison.jpg
order	1st and 3rd
office	Mayor of Minneapolis
term_start	April 13, 1869
term_end	April 12, 1870
predecessor	Hugh G. Harrison
successor	Eli B. Ames
term_start1	February 26, 1867
term_end1	April 14, 1868
predecessor1	Position Established
successor1	Hugh G. Harrison
state2	Minnesota
state_senate2	Minnesota
district2	5th
term_start2	January 5, 1864
term_end2	January 1, 1866
predecessor2	Rufus J. Baldwin
successor2	Curtis H. Pettit
birth_date
birth_place	Livermore, Massachusetts (now part of Maine), U.S.
death_date
death_place	Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
resting_place	Lakewood Cemetery
party	Republican
signature	Signature of Dorilus Morrison (1814–1897).png
spouse	{{unbulleted list
children	{{unbulleted list

Dorilus Morrison (December 27, 1814 – June 26, 1897) was an American banker, businessman, and Republican politician. He was the first and third Mayor of Minneapolis and was a member of the Minnesota Senate.

Life and career

Morrison was born in Livermore, Maine. His first business was as a merchant supporting the lumber industry near Bangor, Maine. In 1854, Morrison visited Minnesota to investigate potential lumber interests. He was sufficiently impressed that he sold his businesses in Maine and moved to St. Anthony, Minnesota within a year. He became involved in the local lumber and milling industries (along with his fellow Mainer William D. Washburn) and became an early investor in the Minneapolis Milling Company (forerunner of today's General Mills).

In 1863, Morrison was elected to represent the 5th district in the Minnesota State Senate and served from 1864 to 1865. When the city of Minneapolis was formally incorporated in 1867, Morrison was elected as its first mayor. He was re-elected to a second term in 1869 and ran unsuccessfully for a third in 1872.

Morrison supported the initial construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad along with William Washburn, George A. Brackett, William S. King and others. Around that same time, he began building a streetcar line in the city. He joined with other businessmen, and eventually hired Thomas Lowry, who got the line up and running in 1875. The line eventually merged with a line in neighboring St. Paul to become Twin City Rapid Transit.

Morrison died at his home on June 26, 1897. He was buried in Lakewood Cemetery.

Electoral history

Minneapolis Mayoral Election, 1867
- Dorilus Morrison
Minneapolis Mayoral Election, 1869
- Dorilus Morrison 859
- Henry G. Sidle 756
Minneapolis Mayoral Election, 1872
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson 2,208
- Dorilus Morrison 1,534

Notes

:No specific record of the vote exists, only the result.

References

(1893). "History of the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Part II". Munsell & Company.
"Morrison, Dorilus — Legislator Record".
"Career of Dorilus Morrison".
(2001). "A History of Minneapolis: Banking and Finance". Minneapolis Public Library (mpls.lib.mn.us).
(1897-06-28). "One of the Founders". The Minneapolis Journal.

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