Thomas Junius Morisey (b. 1818) of Clinton, NC, who entered the University in 1838, joined the Dialectic Society, and graduated with first honors in 1842, giving the valedictory address. He received the MA in 1845. A planter and lawyer, Morisey served in the NC Senate in 1854. Some sources spell Morisey's name with two rs, but Morisey signs his own name to a composition written while he was a junior with only one r.