Hugh Morrow (senator)
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Hugh Morrow, Sr (born May 19, 1873 in Birmingham - died 1960) was a Birmingham attorney who became an Alabama State Senator in 1900 and again in 1911, and president of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company in 1925.
Morrow was the son of Judge John C. and Mary Morrow. He grew up in Birmingham and earned bachelor of arts and doctor of laws at the University of Alabama in 1893 and 1894 respectively. While a student he excelled as a pitcher for the Crimson Tide baseball team.
He returned to Birmingham to practice law and served as assistant solicitor for Jefferson County from 1896 to 1899, then joined in a partnership with Lee Bradley which later became part of the firm of Walker, Tillman, Campbell & Morrow.
represented the group of investors who purchased the Sloss Iron & Steel Company from founder Colonel James Withers Sloss in 1885. Under his leadership the original furnaces were updated with new equipment in 1926 and the company was sold to U.S. Pipe in 1942.
References
- Causey, Donna (April 26, 2009) "Hugh Morrow." Alabama Pioneers