ROBERT H. MORRIS (MAYOR)
LAMBERT M. SURHONE, MARIAM T. TENNOE, SUSAN F. HENSSONOW
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Robert Hunter Morris (February 15, 1808 in New York - October 24, 1855 in New York City) was an attorney and Mayor of New York.
Morris initially practiced law in Columbia County, New York before moving to New York to pursue a career in politics.
He served as an assistant to U.S.
Attorney James A. Hamilton and as a member of the New York State Assembly in 1833 and 1834.
In 1838, New York Governor William L. Marcy appointed Morris to the position of recorder of New York.
He served in that capacity until 1841, when Governor William H. Seward removed him from the office in connection with the Glentworth scandal.
