Morgan Bulkeley

Morgan Bulkeley (1908)

Morgan Gardner Bulkeley (born December 26, 1837 in East Haddam , Connecticut , † November 6, 1922 in Hartford , Connecticut) was an American politician and governor of the US state of Connecticut. He was a member of the Republican Party .

Early years and political advancement

Morgan Gardner Bulkeley, son of Lydia Smith and Eliphalet Adams, a lawmaker and founder of the Connecticut Mutual and Aetna Life Insurance Companies , was born on December 26, 1837 in East Haddam, Connecticut. He attended Hartford public schools and then started working for his father's insurance company at the age of 14. In 1852 he moved to New York , where he worked as a salesman for the HP Morgan Company and was most recently a partner. During the Civil War he enlisted in the 13th New York Regiment, where he remained for the entire war. After the war and the death of his father, he returned to Hartford in 1872 and founded the United States Bank there . He was also the president of this bank until his resignation in 1879. He then took over the chairmanship of Aetna Insurance , which he held for the rest of his life. Bulkeley decided to pursue a political career in 1875 by being elected to the Hartford Common Council. He also became a member of the Board of Aldermen in 1876 and mayor of Hartford between 1880 and 1888.

Connecticut Governor

Bulkeley won the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 1888 and was then elected Governor of Connecticut by a Republican majority legislature. At the end of his first term in office he was embroiled in a political dispute, so that he did not recognize the victory of the gubernatorial election in 1890. Due to confusion over the legality of voting and the legislature's indecision to name a governor, Bulkeley allowed it to remain as governor until 1893. During this period, Bulkeley had to borrow money from Aetna to pay government bills caused by legislative impediments to obtain funding.

Another résumé

After he left office, he served in the US Senate between 1904 and 1911 , as well as on a committee that oversaw the construction of the State Library and the Supreme Court Building. He was also the founder of one of the National League of Baseball Club's original teams, the Hartford Dark Blues, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as a result .

Morgan G. Bulkeley died on November 6, 1922 and was then buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut. He was married to a Fannie Briggs Houghton. The couple had three children together.

literature

• Robert Sobel and John Raimo (Eds.): Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. Volume 1, Meckler Books, Westport, 1978. 4 volumes.

Web links

• Morgan Bulkeley in the National Governors Association (English)
• Morgan Bulkeley in the Baseball Hall of Fame (English)
• Morgan Bulkeley in the database of Find a Grave (English)