Background
Alfred William Morrison was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky.
Alfred William Morrison was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky.
In 1820, he moved to Howard County, Missouri. Other Howard County government posts he held included sheriff, assessor, and county judge. In 1845, President James Polk appointed him as receiver of the land office at Fayette, Missouri, where he served until 1849.
Two years later in 1851, Governor Austin Augustus King appointed him as State Treasurer of Missouri, filling a vacancy caused by the death of incumbent Peter Garland Glover.
He served as State Treasurer until 1861, when he resigned in protest of a new constitutional requirement to take a loyalty oath. Upon leaving office, he returned to his Howard County farm, where he lived until his death.