Education
He attended the public schools, the Boylston School in Boston, and Onondaga Academy, New New York
United States representative politician
He attended the public schools, the Boylston School in Boston, and Onondaga Academy, New New York
Enlisted in the Union Army in the Fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, during the Civil War. He served three months under General Butler in Virginia and one year under General Banks in Louisiana. He was promoted to corporal.
Manufacturer of stove polish in Canton, Massachusetts.
He was an unsuccessful Prohibition Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1877. He served in the State senate in 1886 and 1887.
Morse was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1897). He served as chairman of the Committee on Alcohol Liquor Traffic (Fifty-fourth Congress).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1896.
He resumed manufacturing activities. He died in Canton, Massachusetts, June 5, 1898. He was interred in Canton Cemetery.
He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1876. He served as member of the Governor"s council in 1888.