Henry Lee Morey
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 3rd district |
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In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
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| Preceded by | John A. McMahon |
| Succeeded by | Robert Maynard Murray |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 7th district |
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In office March 4, 1883 – June 20, 1884 |
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| Preceded by | John P. Leedom |
| Succeeded by | James E. Campbell |
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In office March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
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| Preceded by | James E. Campbell |
| Succeeded by | William E. Haynes |
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April 8, 1841 Butler County, Ohio |
| Died | December 29, 1902 (aged 61) Hamilton, Ohio |
| Resting place | Greenwood Cemetery (Hamilton, Ohio) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary M. Campbell Ella R. Campbell |
| Alma mater | Miami University |
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 United States
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| Service/branch |
 Union Army
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| Years of service | 1861-1865 |
| Rank |
 Captain
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| Unit |
 20th Ohio Infantry 75th Ohio Infantry
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Henry Lee Morey (April 8, 1841 – December 29, 1902) was an officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and a politician and U. S. Congressman after the war.
Henry L. Morey was born in Milford Township near Collinsville, Butler County, Ohio. He was a son of William and Derexa (Whitcomb) Morey, and the great-grandson of Revolutionary War officer Silas Morey and grandson of Revolutionary soldier Anthony Whitcomb. William Morey in his early life was a hatter and to buy furs he occasionally visited New Orleans, where he witnessed the workings of slavery. He abhorred what he saw and became a radical abolitionist. Returning to Ohio he opened his home as part of the Underground Railroad, and was well known as a friend of the black man.
Henry received his education in the local public schools and the Morning Sun Academy at the village of Rising Sun. He then entered Miami University at Oxford, Ohio.
On the day after the fall of Fort Sumter, Morey left the university and enlisted as a member of the University Rifles, a military organization attached to the 20th Ohio Infantry, serving an enlistment of three months in West Virginia under General Robert C. Schenck.
Morey then enlisted in the 75th Ohio Volunteer Infantry for a term of three years, and served under Generals Franz Sigel in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, John Pope and Edward Hatch in Florida and Quincy A. Gillmore at the siege of Charleston. He was successively promoted corporal, sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain. Three of his brothers, Oliver P., Joseph W., and James E. Morey, also served in the Union Army.
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