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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morgan , Edwin Dennison 1811 -1883 (search)
Morgan, Edwin Dennison 1811-1883
war governor ; born in Washington, Berkshire co., Mass., Feb. 8, 1811; at the age of seventeen years became a clerk in a grocery ork, where he became a very successful merchant and amassed a large fortune.
Mr. Morgan took an active interest in the political movements of his time, and in 1849 w
The Republican party had no more efficient and wise adviser and worker than Mr. Morgan, and he was made chairman of its New York State Committee.
In 1859 he was elected governor of New York, and in 1861 was reelected.
Governor Morgan was one of the most energetic of the war governors.
During the Civil War, his brain, his h was marked by a great decrease in the public debt of the State and an
Edwin Dennison Morgan. increase in the revenue from the canals.
Such impetus did his zeal, p he war that the State sent about 220,000 men to the field.
From 1863 to 1869 Mr. Morgan was United States Senator, and then retired from public life.
In 1867 Willia
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