John Morrissey

Work : None | Prize 31 August 1852 (California champion) | Work : None | Prize 12 October 1853 (Champion of America) | Relationship : None | Marriage 1854 | Work : None | Retired 1858 (From boxing) | Work : None | Gain social status 1866 (First elected to Congress) | Work : None | Prize 1954 (Posthumous election to Boxing Hall of Fame) | Work : None | Prize 1996 (Posthumously elected to International Boxing Hall of Fame) | Family : Childhood | Disadvantaged | Family : Childhood | Family large (One of eight children, only boy) | Lifestyle : Work | Travel for work | Lifestyle : Financial | Gain - Financial success in field | Vocation : Business | Entrepreneur (Gambling houses and horse-racing) | Vocation : Politics | Public office | Vocation : Sports | Boxing | Notable : Awards | Hall of Fame | Notable : Awards | Sports Championship