John Morrissey

American boxer and politician (1831-1878)

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Facts

21 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[13]
Date of birth: February 12, 1831
Date of death: May 1, 1878
Place of birth: Templemore
Place of death: Troy
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: politician, boxer
Position held: member of the United States House of Representatives, member of the State Senate of New York^[9]^[10]
Religion or worldview: Catholic Church^[12]
Member of political party: Democratic Party^[14]
Award received: International Boxing Hall of Fame^[11]
Work location: Washington, D.C.^[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[19]
Country for sport: United States^[20]
Different from: John Paul Morrissey^[22]
Family name: Morrissey^[16]
Given name: John^[17]
Name in native language: John Morrissey^[21]
Place of burial: Saint Peter's Cemetery^[7]
Sport: boxing^[15]

🏷️ Also known as

en John Morrissey ar جون موريسي he ג'ון מוריסיי ja ジョン・モリッシー ru Джон Мориссей

🔖 Identifiers · 21

ISNI: 0000000448822820
VIAF cluster ID: 315945178
Library of Congress authority ID: n2016026524
GND ID: 1118536061
American National Biography ID: 0500547
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): MorrisseyJohn1831-1878
DDB person (GND) ID: 1118536061
Dictionary of Irish Biography ID: 005992
FAST ID: 1941640
Find a Grave memorial ID: 7254680
Freebase ID: /m/0539pm
International Boxing Hall of Fame boxer ID: pioneer/morrissey

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Our Campaigns candidate ID: 183740
Political Graveyard politician ID: morrisseau-morroni.html#021.70.52
Prabook ID: 1058327
Trading Card Database name ID: 44412
US Congress Bio ID: M001001
United States House of Representatives ID: 18580
WikiTree person ID: Morrissey-879
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJm4PjcTfgk4RftB8gKPQq
Yale LUX ID: person/bcf5c1f8-6642-4cb8-a2da-5f06abbd658d

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Occupation 2

politician, boxer

Award received 1

International Boxing Hall of Fame

Country for sport 1

United States

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Given name 1

John

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Member of political party 1

Democratic Party

Place of birth 1

Templemore

Place of death 1

Troy

Position held 1

member of the United States House of Representatives

Religion or worldview 1

Catholic Church

Sex or gender 1

male

Sport 1

boxing

Work location 1

Washington, D.C.

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Summary

John Morrissey was born on February 12, 1831^[1], in Templemore^[2]. He died on May 1, 1878^[3], in Troy^[4]. He worked as a politician^[5] and boxer^[6].

FAQs

Where was John Morrissey born?

John Morrissey was born in Templemore^[2].

Where did John Morrissey die?

John Morrissey died in Troy^[4].

What did John Morrissey do for work?

John Morrissey worked as a politician^[5] and boxer^[6].

What awards did John Morrissey receive?

Honors received include International Boxing Hall of Fame^[11].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ John Morrissey — place of birth (P19): Templemore. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ John Morrissey — place of death (P20): Troy. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ John Morrissey — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-07-21. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ John Morrissey — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ John Morrissey — position held (P39): member of the United States House of Representatives. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ John Morrissey — position held (P39): member of the State Senate of New York. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ John Morrissey — member of political party (P102): Democratic Party. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ John Morrissey — occupation (P106): politician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ John Morrissey — occupation (P106): boxer. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ John Morrissey — place of burial (P119): Saint Peter's Cemetery. Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ John Morrissey — religion or worldview (P140): Catholic Church. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ John Morrissey — award received (P166): International Boxing Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2026-01-19. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ John Morrissey — date of birth (P569): February 12, 1831. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ John Morrissey — date of death (P570): May 1, 1878. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ John Morrissey — sport (P641): boxing. Retrieved 2019-05-29. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ John Morrissey — family name (P734): Morrissey. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ John Morrissey — given name (P735): John. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ John Morrissey — work location (P937): Washington, D.C.. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ John Morrissey — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ John Morrissey — country for sport (P1532): United States. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ John Morrissey — name in native language (P1559): John Morrissey. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ John Morrissey — different from (P1889): John Paul Morrissey. wikidata.org.

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Member of political party → Democratic Party

Place of birth → Templemore

Languages spoken, written or signed → English

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