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Thomas Jefferson Morgan was an American Baptist clergyman, educator, and denominational leader.
Background
Thomas J. Morgan was born on August 17, 1839, in Franklin, Indiana, the son of Rev. Lewis Morgan and his third wife, Mary C. Causey (or Cansey). His grandfather had been a slaveholder, but his father was an anti-slavery advocate and a leader in religious, political, and educational matters.
Education
Thomas was fitted for college in the preparatory school of Franklin College and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from that institution in 1861, though he left in his senior year to enlist in the Union army.
Career
After three months' service, he took charge of public education at Atlanta, Illinois, but on August 1, 1862, was appointed first lieutenant in the 70th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. His period of military service continued for over three years. Prominent in the enlistment of negro troops and eloquent in their defense, he became lieutenant-colonel of the 14th United States Colored Infantry on November 1, 1863, and colonel on January 1, 1864. He commanded a division at the battle of Nashville and was brevetted brigadier-general, March 13, 1865.
After leaving the army he entered Rochester Theological Seminary, graduating in 1868. He was ordained a Baptist minister, at Rochester, New York, in 1869, but held only one brief pastorate - at Brownville, Nebraska, 1871 - 1872.
From 1872 to 1874 he was president of the Nebraska Normal School at Peru; from 1874 to 1881, he taught homiletics and ecclesiastical history in the Baptist Union Theological Seminary, Chicago, spending several months in Germany in 1879; from 1881 to 1883 he served as principal of the New York State Normal School at Potsdam, and from 1884 to 1889, as principal of the State Normal School at Providence, Rhode Island.
In the latter year, he was appointed commissioner of Indian Affairs by President Harrison. For four years he served with zeal, energy, and good judgment, insisting, in spite of much political and ecclesiastical opposition, that the principle of separation of church and state must be recognized in the control of Indian schools, and that they must be placed upon the same basis as public schools. In 1893 he renewed his denominational activity, accepting the position of corresponding secretary of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, in which position he served until his death on July 13, 1902.
Achievements
The Union Army officer, Baptist minister, government official and public educator, Thomas Jefferson Morgan was active in wartime recruitment and post war education of African Americans. Under his skilful promotion, schools for thousands of negro men and women were established and equipped.
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Politics
Thomas Morgan defended nationalism even while pleading for internationalism and dedicating his life to the defense of freedom of conscience.
Views
Throughout his life Thomas J. Morgan maintained that war is sometimes justifiable, because the Old Testament teaches that it has been a means of accomplishing holy and gracious purposes of God toward mankind; because admittedly good consequences have issued from war; because historians reckon eras from great battles, such as Tours and Waterloo; because it is necessary to repel invasion, protect the innocent, punish national wrong-doing; and because it is right to engage in a struggle for national independence.
Connections
In 1870 Thomas Jefferson Morgan married Caroline Starr. They had one son.