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8 de dez. de 2008 · The Edwin D. Morgan Letters are a collection of 19 chiefly outgoing letters written between 1839 and 1880 by a successful merchant, New York State Governor, and U.S. Senator. The earliest letter in the collection outlines the terms of a business transaction, and Morgan's interest in financial matters is further reflected in letters to Charles H ...
Morgan also suffered at times from this relationship with Albany political boss Thurlow Weed. Historian Sidney David Brummer wrote of the notoriously corrupt legislative session in 1860: “The Governor, Edwin D. Morgan, was somewhat better than the legislature, and used his veto with good effect; but he seems to have been without much independence where Thurlow Weed was concerned.” 9
Morgan was born on February 16, 1921, in New York City. His parents were Edwin D. Morgan Jr. (1890–1954) and Elizabeth Winthrop (née Emmet) Morgan (1897–1934). [2] His younger brother was Temple Emmet Morgan (1922–2008), who became a monk at Saint Benedict Center in Harvard, Massachusetts. [3] After his mother's death in February 1934 ...
Governor of New York State (Republican, 1859-62), Edwin D. Morgan later served in Senate (1863-69), but his subsequent election bids were unsuccessful. From 1856-64 and 1872-1876, he was chairman of the Republican National Committee. He chaired the Republican’s national campaign committee in 1860, and in 1864, he chaired the Union Executive ...
Morgan, Edwin D (enison) (b Washington, Mass, 8 Feb 1811; d New York City, 14 Feb 1883). Governor and US senator. In 1822 Morgan’s family moved from Massachusetts to Connecticut, where he received a minimal formal education before beginning work as a clerk at his uncle’s general store in 1828. A year later Morgan entered Hartford politics.
Edwin Denison Morgan’s business career began in 1824 when his uncle hired him as a clerk in his Hartford grocery store. By 1832 he was his uncle’s partner. He also ventured into politics, having been elected to the Hartford city council. New York City. Morgan moved to New York City in 1836.
18 de jun. de 2022 · Edwin Denison Morgan (February 8, 1811 – February 14, 1883) was the 21st Governor of New York from 1859 to 1862 and served in the United States Senate from 1863 to 1869. He was the first and longest-serving chairman of the Republican National Committee. He was also a Union Army general during the American Civil War.
