William E. "Bill" Morris (born 1920) founded the Libertarian Party of Delaware

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 in 1975 and the advocacy group SAFE

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 as an alternative to the AARP

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 in 1997. In 2004, Morris first ran for political office as the Delaware Libertarian candidate for a United States House of Representatives

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 seat. Morris finished fourth behind the two other candidates on the ballot and Write-in candidate

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 Maurice J. Barros with 2,014 votes (0.5%) http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2004/2004Stat.htm#8. In 2006, Morris was the Libertarian candidate for United States Senate

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. Morris received 2,671 votes for 1.1% of the vote

Biography

Bill Morris was born in 1920 in Versailles, Missouri

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. He received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering

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 from the University of Missouri

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 and in following years worked for the Exxon Corporation in New Jersey and DuPont

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in Delaware, from the latter of which he has retired. He has been married since 1967 and has both children and grandchildren.