Arthur Putnam Morrill (1876 - 1935)
Born at Concord; died at ?
Lawyer, businessman, state legislator.
Portrait by Frank French, 1922.
Presented to the State, 1922.

Morrill (1876 - 1935) was born at Concord (NH). He was educated at Concord schools, then at Phillips Academy (Andover, MA), Yale University (Class of 1896), and Harvard University Law School (1899). He was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar in 1900.

Morrill was a member of a Concord law firm, Sargent, Niles & Morrill, for four years (1900 - 1904); then he changed careers and joined the insurance firm of Morrill & Danforth. He was a delegate to the 1912 New Hampshire Constitutional Convent- ion, and he served two terms as a State Representative (1915 - 1916, Speaker Pro Tem; 1917 - 1918, Speaker of the House).

During World War One Morrill was active in the state's Red Cross, and in the Concord Committee of Public Safety. He served as President of the State Senate, 1919 - 1921.

Reference: H. H. Metcalf, ed. New Hampshire Notables (1919).