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Newbold Morris
Augustus Newbold Morris (February 2, 1902 – March 30, 1966) was an American politician, lawyer, president of the New York City Council, and two-time candidate for mayor of New York City.
Morris, who never used his first name, was born in New York City. His parents were Augustus Newbold Morris (1868–1928) and Helen Schermerhorn Kingsland (1876–1956), who were married in 1896. He had two younger brothers, George Lovett Kingsland Morris (1905–1975), a painter, and Stephen Van Cortlandt Morris (1909–1984), a diplomat.
His father, a cousin of the author Edith Wharton, and mother built Brookhurst in Lenox, Massachusetts, on land bought in 1906. In 1986, when the home was sold by his relatives, "it was the first single-family home in town to be sold for $1 million and it was one of the last Gilded Age cottages still occupied by the family that built it."
His paternal grandfather was Augustus Newbold Morris (1838–1906) and Eleanor Colford Jones (1841–1906). His grandmother's parents were General James I. Jones (1786–1858) and Elizabeth (née Schermerhorn) Jones (1817–1874), the older sister of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor (1830–1908), also known as "The Mrs. Astor." He was descended from the prominent Colonial-era Morris family of the Morrisania section of the Bronx.
He was educated at Groton School and at Yale, where he was a member of the Scroll and Key Society.
After graduating from Yale Law School in 1928, Morris joined his father's law firm and took a seat on the Republican County Committee. By 1933 he was president of the 17th congressional district Republican club, where he met mayoral candidate Fiorello La Guardia. Morris campaigned vigorously for La Guardia and after his election was appointed an assistant corporation counsel.
Morris entered electoral politics in 1935, when he was elected to the New York City Board of Aldermen representing the Silk Stocking district. He ran unsuccessfully for president of the board in 1936, but after it was reorganized into the New York City Council the following year he was elected its president, serving from 1938 to 1945 under Mayor La Guardia.
In September 1938 he served as acting mayor of New York City while La Guardia was out on a 3 week trip through the East and West Coasts, during which the 1938 New York City truckers' strike started.
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Newbold Morris
Augustus Newbold Morris (February 2, 1902 – March 30, 1966) was an American politician, lawyer, president of the New York City Council, and two-time candidate for mayor of New York City.
Morris, who never used his first name, was born in New York City. His parents were Augustus Newbold Morris (1868–1928) and Helen Schermerhorn Kingsland (1876–1956), who were married in 1896. He had two younger brothers, George Lovett Kingsland Morris (1905–1975), a painter, and Stephen Van Cortlandt Morris (1909–1984), a diplomat.
His father, a cousin of the author Edith Wharton, and mother built Brookhurst in Lenox, Massachusetts, on land bought in 1906. In 1986, when the home was sold by his relatives, "it was the first single-family home in town to be sold for $1 million and it was one of the last Gilded Age cottages still occupied by the family that built it."
His paternal grandfather was Augustus Newbold Morris (1838–1906) and Eleanor Colford Jones (1841–1906). His grandmother's parents were General James I. Jones (1786–1858) and Elizabeth (née Schermerhorn) Jones (1817–1874), the older sister of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor (1830–1908), also known as "The Mrs. Astor." He was descended from the prominent Colonial-era Morris family of the Morrisania section of the Bronx.
He was educated at Groton School and at Yale, where he was a member of the Scroll and Key Society.
After graduating from Yale Law School in 1928, Morris joined his father's law firm and took a seat on the Republican County Committee. By 1933 he was president of the 17th congressional district Republican club, where he met mayoral candidate Fiorello La Guardia. Morris campaigned vigorously for La Guardia and after his election was appointed an assistant corporation counsel.
Morris entered electoral politics in 1935, when he was elected to the New York City Board of Aldermen representing the Silk Stocking district. He ran unsuccessfully for president of the board in 1936, but after it was reorganized into the New York City Council the following year he was elected its president, serving from 1938 to 1945 under Mayor La Guardia.
In September 1938 he served as acting mayor of New York City while La Guardia was out on a 3 week trip through the East and West Coasts, during which the 1938 New York City truckers' strike started.