Morris Tyler (1806 – 1876) was an American politician who was the 56th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1871 to 1873.
In 1863–65, he served as Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut.
[1] In 1871, he won a very close and disputed election for Lieutenant Governor, with a reported 47,598 votes, versus 47,263 for incumbent Lieutenant Governor Julius Hotchkiss.
[2] He married Mary Frisbie Butler, and was the father of telephone industry pioneer Morris Franklin Tyler.
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