US Congressman. He was born one of seven children (he also had two brothers and four sisters) in Franksville, Wisconsin, to Addison Joseph Morse and Suzette Newell French Morse. He was educated at local common and public schools in Racine County, Wisconsin, including Tucker School in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, before he attended and graduated from Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin. After his graduation, he was elected as the County Superintendent of Schools for Racine County, Wisconsin, in 1893. He was reelected to that position for another term in 1895. On March 31, 1897, he married Myra Elizabeth Tradewell in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, and the couple had one child, a daughter named Catherine Suzette. He then studied law at the law department of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin, was admitted to the bar in 1900, and commenced to practicing law in Antigo, Wisconsin, shortly thereafter. He was then named the Antigo, Wisconsin, City Attorney and served in that position from 1900 to 1906. In 1900, he began an interest in insurance and real estate business pursuits. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected. A Republican, he then served Wisconsin's 10th District (Sixtieth, Sixty-First, and Sixty-Second Congresses in the United States House of Representatives from 1907 to 1913. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912. After his term in the United States Congress expired on March 3, 1913, he was succeeded in office by United States Representative James Archibald Frear. He then resumed his practice of law in Antigo, Wisconsin, until he was called back to public service. He lastly served as a Delegate to the Republican State Conventions in 1934 and again in 1940. After his time in public service ended, he resumed his practice of law. He also continued his interests in real estate and insurance pursuits until his death. He had been a successful entrepreneur for more than forty years. He passed away in Rochester, Minnesota, following an operation on October 4, 1945, at the age of 75, and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery in Antigo, Wisconsin. His wife Myra passed away at the age of 92 on November 5, 1962, and was buried with him. His daughter Catherine was also buried with him when she passed away on October 14, 1990, at the age of 79.