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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.

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 "ouv" and "eur" in "Gouverneur") is the namesake.

Morris was a member of the [[Federalist Party]] and a critic of the [[Thomas Jefferson|Jefferson Administration]], though Morris favored the [[Louisiana Purchase]].

 

==Early life==

==Early life==

Gouverneur Morris was born at Morrisania, near the city of New York, January 31, 1752.  He is the brother of another [[Founding Father]], [[Lewis Morris]], as well as Staats Long Morris,<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Old_New_York_Frontier/7PocAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA366 The Old New York Frontier]</ref> a loyalist major-general in the [[American Revolution]]. He was educated at King's College, New York, where he was graduated bachelor of arts in May, 1768.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iZdRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA51 Encyclopædia Americana: a popular dictionary of arts, sciences, literature, history, politics, and biography]</ref>

Gouverneur Morris was born at Morrisania, near the city of New York, January 31, 1752.  He is the brother of another [[Founding Father]], [[Lewis Morris]], as well as Staats Long Morris,<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Old_New_York_Frontier/7PocAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA366 The Old New York Frontier]</ref> a loyalist major-general in the [[American Revolution]]. He was educated at King's College, New York, where he was graduated bachelor of arts in May, 1768.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iZdRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA51 Encyclopædia Americana: a popular dictionary of arts, sciences, literature, history, politics, and biography]</ref>