Toby Morris
| Toby Morris | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 6th district |
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In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 |
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| Preceded by | Jed Johnson, Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Victor Wickersham |
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In office January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1961 |
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| Preceded by | Victor Wickersham |
| Succeeded by | Victor Wickersham |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 28, 1899 Granbury, Texas |
| Died |
September 1, 1973 (aged 74) Lawton, Oklahoma |
| Citizenship |
 United States
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| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Ola Baker Morris |
| Profession |
Attorney judge politician |
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| Allegiance |
United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Rank |
private corporal sergeant |
| Unit | 110th Combat Engineers, attached to the 35th Division |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Attorney judge
Toby Morris (February 28, 1899 – September 1, 1973) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Born in Granbury, Texas, Morris was the son of Lon and Ida Henderson Morris. The family moved to what was then Comanche County, Oklahoma, in 1906 and to Walters, Oklahoma, in 1913. He attended the public schools. He married Ola Baker in 1917, and they had two children.
Leaving high school in his senior year, during World War I, to enlist in the United States Army, Morris served successively as private, corporal, and sergeant with the 110th Combat Engineers, attached to the 35th Division, from October 1917 to May 1919.
Morris studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1920. He was a court clerk of Cotton County, Oklahoma from 1921 to 1925 and a prosecuting attorney from 1925-1929. He began the private practice of law in Walters, Oklahoma, in 1929. He served as district judge of the twenty-first judicial district of Oklahoma from 1937 to 1946.
Elected as a Democrat to the 80th and to the two succeeding Congresses, Morris served from January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1953. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1952 to the 83rd Congress, and served as district judge of the fifth judicial district of Oklahoma from January 1955 to December 1956. He was elected to the 85th and to the 86th Congresses, serving from January 3, 1957 to January 3, 1961.
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