Dwight Morrow

Dwight Morrow

Dwight Whitney Morrow (born January 11, 1873 in Huntington , Cabell County , West Virginia , † October 5, 1931 in Englewood , Bergen County , New Jersey ) was an American politician and diplomat. Between 1927 and 1930 he was the United States Ambassador to Mexico and in 1930 and 1931 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US Senate .

Career

In 1875, Dwight Morrow and his parents came to Allegheny, which is now part of Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . There he attended public schools. In 1895 he graduated from Amherst College , where he befriended future President Calvin Coolidge . After completing a law degree at Columbia University and his admission to the bar in 1899, he began working in his new profession in New York City . From 1903 he lived in Englewood, New Jersey. He entered the banking business and in 1913 became a partner at JP Morgan. He has also served on the boards of various other companies in industry and finance. During World War I he was the head of the National War Savings Committee for New Jersey State. At times he was also overseas, where he worked as an advisor to the council that dealt with the Allied transports. He was also concerned with issues relating to Allied supplies and acted as a civil helper.

Politically, Dwight Morrow joined the Republican Party . Between 1918 and 1920 he was chairman of the New Jersey State Board of Institutions and Agencies . In 1925 he became chairman of the Aircraft Board established by President Coolidge . Eventually he was named United States Ambassador to Mexico by Coolidge. He held this office between 1927 and 1930. In 1928 he was a delegate at the Pan American Conference in Havana and in 1930 he was one of the American representatives at the Naval Conference in London .

After the resignation of US Senator Walter Evans Edge , David Baird was initially appointed as his successor. In the official by-election, however, Baird decided not to run. This cleared the way for Dwight Morrow, who was then elected the new Class 2 Senator category . It was a double election for Morrow. Firstly, he was elected for the remainder of Edge's partial term, which ended on March 3, 1931, and at the same time he was elected for the following legislative term, which began on March 4, 1931. He took up his mandate on December 3, 1930 and held it until his death on October 5, 1931.

Dwight Morrow was married to the poet and suffragette Elizabeth Reeve Cutter (1873–1955). Their daughter Anne (1906–2001) was the wife of the aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974).

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• Dwight Morrow in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Dwight Morrow in the database of Find a Grave (English)