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Born in New York, Morris was educated by French [[Huguenots]] and graduated from King's College (now [[Columbia University]]).  He was once defeated in an election because he was suspected of being pro-British in the 1770s.  Morris helped finance the [[Revolutionary War]], however, and he was an advocate for a strong general government afterwards, including election of a [[U.S. President|president for life]].  An [[Episcopalian]], Morris had a deep [[faith]] in [[God]] and felt that He intervenes in the world.
 
Born in New York, Morris was educated by French [[Huguenots]] and graduated from King's College (now [[Columbia University]]).  He was once defeated in an election because he was suspected of being pro-British in the 1770s.  Morris helped finance the [[Revolutionary War]], however, and he was an advocate for a strong general government afterwards, including election of a [[U.S. President|president for life]].  An [[Episcopalian]], Morris had a deep [[faith]] in [[God]] and felt that He intervenes in the world.
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Morris was a member of the [[Federalist Party]] and a critic of the [[Thomas Jefferson|Jefferson Administration]], though Morris favored the [[Louisiana Purchase]].  He is not to be confused with Lewis Morris, after whom the city Morristown is named and the Westin hotel "Governor Morris" (without the "-our" is the namesake.
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Morris was a member of the [[Federalist Party]] and a critic of the [[Thomas Jefferson|Jefferson Administration]], though Morris favored the [[Louisiana Purchase]].  He is not to be confused with Lewis Morris, after whom the city Morristown is named and the Westin hotel "Governor Morris" (without the "-our") is the namesake.
    
==Early life==
 
==Early life==
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