CDV OF EDWIN D. MORGAN & STAFF – MAJOR GENERAL & GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK

CDV OF EDWIN D. MORGAN & STAFF – MAJOR GENERAL & GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK

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Horizontal format image of Morgan and staff. Twelve officers pose with Morgan seated at center in front row. All officers are wearing dress uniforms, some with swords visible. Image is clear with very good detail. No photographer's backmark.

Edwin Denison Morgan (February 8, 1811 – February 14, 1883) was a politician and Union Army general who served as the 21st governor of New York from 1859 to 1862 and as a United States senator from 1863 to 1869. He was the first and longest-serving chairman of the Republican National Committee. Morgan was known for his progressive views on education, prison reform, and women's suffrage. He helped to found the Republican Party in New York and was a strong supporter of the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. In 1836 he moved to New York City, becoming a successful wholesale grocer and bond broker. He served as an assistant alderman and member of the New York State Senate. In 1858, Morgan was elected Governor of New York, and he served from 1859 to 1862.

As governor during the American Civil War, Morgan supported the Union. Appointed a major general of volunteers in the Union Army, he commanded the military's Department of New York while serving as governor. In 1863, he was elected to the United States Senate, where he served one term. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1869, and the unsuccessful Republican nominee for governor in 1876. Morgan had been a patron of Chester A. Arthur at the start of Arthur's career; when Arthur became president, he nominated Morgan as United States Secretary of the Treasury. Morgan was confirmed by the Senate, but declined on the grounds of age and ill health. Morgan died in New York City in 1883, and was buried in Connecticut.

This cdv was part of the Ray Richie collection. [jet][ph:L]

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