Education
Saint Leo University.
Saint Leo University.
A Republican, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2011. He currently represents the 64th district, made up of parts of the Tidewater Virginia counties of Isle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, and Sussex and cities of Franklin and Suffolk. Morris was born in Fort Polk, Louisiana, during the Vietnam War.
He was raised in Kansas.
Morris served in the United States Navy from 1988 through 2010. The first part of his career was spent in submarines.
After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Saint Leo University in 1998, he transferred to become a Legalman. He was later commissioned as a Limited Duty Officer, after which he received a Juris Doctor from Regent University.
He served in Iraq working on reform of the Iraqi judicial system.
In 2010, after retiring from the Navy, Morris was elected chair of the Isle of Wight County Republican Committee. In November 2011, he defeated 10-term Democratic incumbent William K. Barlow for the 64th House district seat by a vote of 12,960 to 10,467.