Daniel N. Morgan

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{{short description|American banker}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Daniel N. Morgan

| image = Daniel N. Morgan - NARA - 516592 (56-P-13)-retouched (3x4a).jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1844|8|18}}

| birth_place = Newtown, Connecticut, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1931|5|30|1844|8|18}}

| death_place = Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.

| order = 19th

| office = Treasurer of the United States

| term_start = June 1, 1893

| term_end = June 30, 1897

| president = Grover Cleveland
William McKinley

| predecessor = Enos H. Nebeker

| successor = Ellis H. Roberts

| resting_place = Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport

| occupation = banker

| signature = Daniel Nash Morgan (Engraved Signature).jpg

}}

Daniel Nash Morgan (August 18, 1844 – May 30, 1931) was a United States banker who was Treasurer of the United States from 1893 to 1897.

Biography

Daniel N. Morgan was born in Newtown, Connecticut on August 18, 1844.[https://books.google.com/books?id=160rAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Daniel+N.+Morgan%22+treasurer&pg=PA42 Illustrated Popular Biography of Connecticut] (1891), p. 42. His father owned a store, which he took over as a young man. He later took a partner, running the store as Morgan & Booth. In 1869, he moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut, becoming a partner in Birdsey & Morgan, a firm producing dry goods and carpets. He also ran a grocery, Morgan, Hopson & Co., in 1877. In 1879, he became president of the City National Bank of Bridgeport."[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/04/15/106819738.pdf Treasurer Daniel N. Morgan]". New York Times, April 15, 1893.

Morgan was elected to the Bridgeport common council in 1873 and served until 1874. He was a member of the Bridgeport Board of Education from 1877 to 1878 and was mayor of Bridgeport in 1880 and 1884.

In 1893, President Grover Cleveland named Morgan Treasurer of the United States and Morgan held that office from June 1, 1893, until June 30, 1897.

He married a descendant of William Judson of Stratford, Connecticut. The Morgans had a son, William Judson Morgan, and a daughter, May Huntington Morgan.{{cite book|last=Hinman|first=Ida|title=The Washington Sketch Book, Supplement |location=Washington, DC |publisher=Hartman & Cadick |year=1895 |page=25 |url=https://archive.org/details/washingtonsketch00hinm/page/24/mode/2up}}{{PD-notice}}

Morgan was a candidate for governor of Connecticut in 1898, but lost to George E. Lounsbury.[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html Political Graveyard]

Morgan died in Bridgeport on May 30, 1931, 12 days after being hit by an automobile. He is buried in Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport.

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Category:1844 births

Category:1931 deaths

Category:Treasurers of the United States

Category:People from Newtown, Connecticut

Category:Politicians from Bridgeport, Connecticut

Category:Burials at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport

Category:Road incident deaths in Connecticut