Background
Morgan was born in Cuba, New New York
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Charles Morgan
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Education
He attended school in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
Career
His family moved to Pewaukee, Wisconsin in 1845. During the American Civil War he enlisted in the Union Army and rose from Private (rank) to captain in the First Regiment and Twenty-first Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He graduated from Albany Law School in 1865 and began practicing law in Lamar, Missouri.
During the Spanish–American War he was a lieutenant colonel of the Fifth Missouri Volunteer Infantry.
In 1907 he moved to Joplin, Missouri. He served as a Democratic congressman in 1875-1879, 1883-1885 (during which he was chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department) and 1893-1895.
He was elected as a Republican in 1908 and served 1909–1911. He died in Joplin, Missouri and is interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Politics
Republican Party, Democratic Party.
Membership
In 1868 he was prosecuting attorney of Barton County, Missouri. Member of the Missouri House of Representatives in 1872-1874.
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Nationality
United States -
Political Party
Republican party