10 Facts About Frank Morey

Frank Morey was an American planter, politician, and soldier in the Union Army, reaching the rank of colonel; afterward he moved to Louisiana, where he became a planter and sold insurance.

Frank Morey was elected as a US Representative from Louisiana, serving from 1869 to 1876.

Frank Morey studied law, but at the onset of the American Civil War he entered the Union Army in 1861 in the Thirty-third Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war.

Frank Morey engaged in cotton planting and the insurance business.

Frank Morey was elected as a Republican member of the State house of representatives in 1868 and 1869.

Frank Morey was appointed as a commissioner to revise the statutes and codes of the State under Reconstruction, to reflect national constitutional amendments granting freedmen citizenship and the right to vote.

Frank Morey served as commissioner to the Vienna Exposition in 1873.

Frank Morey was elected in 1868 as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress, winning re-election and serving in the Forty-second and Forty-third congresses.

Frank Morey presented his credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-fourth Congress as well, but it was contested by his Democratic opponent, William B Spencer.

Frank Morey's election was overturned by Congress in June 1876, and Spencer took the seat.