William Duane Morgan

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William Duane Morgan (born March 3, 1817 in Washington , Pennsylvania , † March 19, 1887 ) was an American newspaperman and politician ( Democratic Party ). He owned newspapers in both Pennsylvania and Ohio . Between 1852 and 1856 he was the Ohio State Auditor .

Career

William Duane Morgan, son of Catharine Duane († 1863) and Thomas Morgan (1784–1855), was born about two years after the end of the British-American War in Washington County and grew up there. He came from a prominent family. Nothing is known about his youth. He had three siblings: Thomas Jefferson, George W., and Anna. With his wife Matilda Bowman Morgan (1820-1848) he had a daughter named Annie M. Morgan. In 1837 he and his brother Thomas bought a newspaper in Washington called Our Country, where they both worked as editors for several years. The following years were overshadowed by the economic crisis of 1837 and the Mexican-American War . William moved to New Lisbon, Ohio in 1840 . There he acquired the Ohio Patriot.

Morgan was nominated for Ohio Auditor of State at the 1851 Democratic State Convention and was elected in the following election. He held the post for a four-year term. When he ran for re-election, he was defeated by the Republican Francis Mastin Wright . Morgan then ran unsuccessfully in 1857 for the nomination for the Treasurer of State of Ohio, but suffered a defeat to James R. Morris .

Morgan lived in Columbiana and Newark, Ohio. Between 1856 and 1880 he owned the Newark Advocate. After his death, he was buried in the Washington, Pennsylvania city cemetery, where his wife and daughter were already buried.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d William Duane Morgan on the website of chartiers.com
  2. ↑ a b William Duane Morgan in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  3. ^ Matilda B. Morgan in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  4. ^ A b Keyhole , Volumes 14-16, Genealogical Society of Southwestern Pennsylvania, 1986, p. 31
  5. ↑ Annie M. Morgan in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  6. ^ A b c William Duane Morgan Correspondence , Syracuse University Library
  7. ↑ Journal of the House of Representatives ... General Assembly of Ohio ... , 1854, pp. 358-360
  8. ^ Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Ohio , Volume 5, Robert Clark, 1858, pp. 444 and 583
  9. ↑ Bell, William Jr .: Annual Report of the Secretary of State to the Governor and General Assembly of the State of Ohio for the Year Ending , Columbus Printing Company, State Printers, 1876, pp. 114 and 125
  10. ^ Salmon Portland Chase and John Niven: The Salmon P. Chase Papers , Kent State University Press, 1993, p. 296
personal data
SURNAME Morgan, William Duane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American newsman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1887