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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriCharles Henry MORGAN
(1842-1912)
MORGAN, Charles Henry, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Cuba, Allegeny County, N.Y.,
July 5, 1842; moved to Wisconsin in 1845 with his parents, who
settled in Pewaukee; attended the common schools and the Fond du
Lac (Wis.) High School; during the Civil War served in the Union
Army four years and three months as a private, noncommissioned
officer, second and first lieutenant, and captain in the First
Regiment and Twenty-first Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry;
was graduated from the Albany (N.Y.) Law School; was admitted to
the bar and commenced practice in Lamar, Barton County, Mo., in
1868; prosecuting attorney of Barton County, Mo., four years;
member of the Missouri house of representatives 1872-1874; elected
as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March
4, 1875-March 3, 1879); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress; elected to the Forty-eighth
Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885); chairman, Committee on
Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Forty-eighth Congress);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1884 to the Forty-ninth
Congress; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880;
elected to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895);
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894; served in the war
with Spain as lieutenant colonel of the Fifth Missouri Volunteer
Infantry; moved to Joplin, Mo., in 1907 and engaged in mining;
elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4,
1909-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910
to the Sixty-second Congress; died in Joplin, Mo., January 4, 1912;
interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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