Background
Harris, Morris Bedford was born on September 10, 1866 in Albion, Illinois, United States. Son of Lucius and Constance Katherine (Thompson) Harris.
Harris, Morris Bedford was born on September 10, 1866 in Albion, Illinois, United States. Son of Lucius and Constance Katherine (Thompson) Harris.
Educated University of Indiana and Wittenberg College, Springfield, O.
Began practice at Fresno, California, 1895. Senior member firm Harris, Willey & Harris. Attorney for various coöperative corporations and irrigation districts.
Director Rowell, Chandler Company Roosevelt presidential elector, 1904-1912.
Member State Board of Education, 1915-1916. Member California Senate, 1918-1922, reëlected for term 1922-1926.
Chairman Republican State Convention, 1918. Associate state director Four Minute Men, World War.
President trustees California State Normal School, Fresno, 1910-1919.
Member California Highway Commission, 1927-1931. President California Railroad Commission during 1936.
Member Mayflower Society, Sons of American Revolution, Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. Clubs: Commercial, Commonwealth (San Francisco). Leader of “dry” forces in California legislature, 1919-1921, and author of the Harris Law for enforcement of 18th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which was defeated by referendum.
Married Jessie Hayward Boggs, February 21, 1889. Children: Marjorie Hayward (Mistress August F. Muenter), Ronald Biddle.