and the achievements of his administration were not significant enough to ensure the election of Charles I. Dawson, his would-be Republican successor in the gubernatorial election of 1923. Later career and death Following his term as governor, Morrow retired to Somerset, where he became active in the Watchmen of the Republic, an organization devoted to eradicating prejudice and promoting tolerance. He served on the United States Railroad Labor Board from 1923 to 1926 and its successor, the Railway Mediation Board, from 1926 to 1934. He resigned to run for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives representing the Ninth District, but lost his party's nomination to John M. Robsion. Following his defeat in the congressional primary, Morrow planned to return to Lexington to resume his law practice. On June 15, 1935, he died unexpectedly of a heart attack while temporarily living with a cousin in Frankfort. He is buried in Frankfort Cemetery. References Bibliography Further reading External links Guide to the Edwin Porch Morrow papers, 1913-1940 housed at the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center , Chapter Nine, Biographical Sketches. Published by Somerset Community College. Kentucky Governors 1907–1927 Political Graveyard 1877 births 1935 deaths American anti-lynching activists American military personnel of the Spanish–American War American Presbyterians American prosecutors Burials at Frankfort Cemetery Republican Party governors of Kentucky Identical twins Kentucky lawyers Politicians from Frankfort, Kentucky Politicians from Lexington, Kentucky People from Somerset, Kentucky United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of Kentucky University of Cincinnati College of Law alumni American twins 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians Activists for African-American civil rights