Daniel Nash Morgan (August 18, 1844 – May 30, 1931) was a

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who was

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from 1893 to 1897.

Biography

Daniel N. Morgan was born in

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on August 18, 1844.''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

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, becoming a partner in Birdsey & Morgan, a firm producing

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and

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. He also ran a grocery, Morgan, Hopson & Co., in 1877. In 1879, he became president of the City National Bank of Bridgeport. Morgan was elected to the Bridgeport common council in 1873 and served until 1874. He was a member of the Bridgeport

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from 1877 to 1878 and was mayor of Bridgeport in 1880 and 1884. In 1893,

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named Morgan

and Morgan held that office from June 1, 1893, until June 30, 1897. He married a descendant of William Judson of

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. The Morgans had a son, William Judson Morgan, and a daughter, May Huntington Morgan. Morgan was a candidate for

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, but lost to George E. Lounsbury.Political Graveyard
/ref> Morgan died in Bridgeport on May 30, 1931, 12 days after being hit by an automobile. He is buried in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Daniel Nash 1844 births 1931 deaths Treasurers of the United States People from Newtown, Connecticut Politicians from Bridgeport, Connecticut Burials at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport Road incident deaths in Connecticut