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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OklahomaDick Thompson MORGAN
(1853-1920)
MORGAN, Dick Thompson, a
Representative from Oklahoma; born at Prairie Creek, Vigo County,
Ind., December 6, 1853; attended the country schools and the
Prairie Creek High School; was graduated from Union Christian
College, Merom, Ind., in 1876, and later was professor of
mathematics in that college; was graduated from the Central Law
School, Indianapolis, Ind., in 1880; was admitted to the bar the
same year and commenced practice in Terre Haute, Ind.; member of
the State house of representatives in 1880 and 1881; appointed
register of the United States land office at Woodward, Okla., by
President Roosevelt in 1904 and served until May 1, 1908; elected
as a Republican to the Sixty-first and to the five succeeding
Congresses and served from March 3, 1909, until his death in
Danville, Ill., July 4, 1920; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery,
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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