MORRISON, George Washington, congressman, born in Fairlee, Vermont, 16 October, 1809. He was educated at Thetford, Vermont, admitted to the bar in 1835, settled in Manchester, New Hampshire, soon afterward, and quickly won a high place at the bar, which he maintained for many years, till impaired health, in 1872, obliged him to retire. He was a member of the New Hampshire house of representatives several times between 1840 and 1850, and solicitor of his county in 1845-'7. He was chosen to congress as a Democrat to fill a vacancy, and re-elected, serving in 1850-'1 and in 1853-'5. During his last term he opposed, by speech and note, the Kansas-Nebraska bill, notwithstanding his personal friendship for President Pierce.--His cousin, Charles Robert, jurist, born in Bath, New Hampshire, 22 January, 1819, was educated at Newbury, Vermont, admitted to the bar in July, 1842, and was circuit justice, court of common pleas, from 1851. He was adjutant of the 11th New Hampshire regiment in 1862-'4, and was wounded thrice in the service. After the war he continued the practice of law at Manchester till 1887, when he removed to Concord, New Hampshire He is the author of " Digest of New Hampshire Reports " (Concord, 1868); " Probate Directory" (1870); " Justice and Sheriff and Attorney's Assistant " (1872) ; "Town Officer" (1876) ; " Digest of Laws relating to Common Schools" (1881) ; and "Proofs of Christ's Resurrection, from a Lawyer's Standpoint" (Andover, Massachusetts, 1880; revised ed., 1885). In 1880 he prepared a history of his branch of the Morrison family, which was embodied in the general history of the family by Leonard A. Morrison (Boston, 1880). He has now (1888) in preparation a "Digest of all New Hampshire Reports."