Joseph L. Morphis

Joseph Lewis Morphis (April 17, 1831 – July 29, 1913) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.

Born near Pocahontas, McNairy County, Tennessee, Morphis pursued elementary studies.

He entered the Confederate States Army as captain in August 1861 and served until the close of the Civil War.

He was appointed by President Rutherford Hayes as United States Marshal of the Northern District of Mississippi, serving from 1877 to 1885.

Licensed as an Indian trader on the Osage Reservation in 1890 and engaged in that occupation until 1901.