Edward de Veaux Morrell

Edward de Veaux Morrell (August 7, 1863 – September 1, 1917) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

He was active in the Pennsylvania National Guard, serving as a colonel of the Third Regiment and brigadier general commanding the First Brigade.

[2] Morrell was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alfred C. Harmer.

[2] He established the first telephone line north of the Frankford section of Philadelphia, and built an electric-light plant there.

Louise's half-sister was canonized as Saint Katharine Drexel on October 1, 2000 by Pope John Paul II.