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Charles Henry Morgan (July 5, 1842 – January 4, 1912) was a United States Representative for Missouri from March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1879, March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885, March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1895, and March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1911.
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Morgan was born in Cuba, New York. His family moved to Pewaukee, Wisconsin in 1845. He attended school in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. During the American Civil War he enlisted in the Union Army and rose from Private (rank) to captain in the First Regiment and Twenty-first Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.
He studied law at Albany, New York and began practicing law in Lamar, Missouri. In 1868 he was prosecuting attorney of Barton County, Missouri; member of the Missouri House of Representatives in 1872-1874.
During the Spanish–American War he was a lieutenant colonel of the Fifth Missouri Volunteer Infantry.
In 1907 he moved to Joplin, Missouri.
He served as a Democratic congressman in 1875-79, 1883–85 (during which he was chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department) and 1893-95. He was elected as a Republican in 1908 and served 1909-1911.
He died in Joplin, Missouri and is interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.
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References
- Charles Henry Morgan at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-09
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United States House of Representatives Preceded by
Harrison Eugene HavensMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 6th congressional district
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879Succeeded by
James Richard WaddillPreceded by
William H. HatchMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 12th congressional district
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885Succeeded by
William J. StonePreceded by
District createdMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 15th congressional district
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895Succeeded by
Charles Germman BurtonPreceded by
Thomas HackneyMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 15th congressional district
March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911Succeeded by
James Alexander DaughertyThis article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Categories:- 1842 births
- 1912 deaths
- American military personnel of the Spanish–American War
- Members of the Missouri House of Representatives
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri
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- People from Allegany County, New York
- People from Barton County, Missouri
- People from Joplin, Missouri
- People from Waukesha County, Wisconsin
- People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War
- Union Army soldiers
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