William Duane Morgan
William Duane Morgan | |
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| 7th Ohio State Auditor | |
| In office January 12, 1852 – January 14, 1856 | |
| Preceded by | John Woods |
| Succeeded by | Francis Mastin Wright |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1817 Washington County, Pennsylvania |
| Died | 1887 Newark, Ohio |
| Political party | Democratic |
William Duane Morgan (1817–1887) was a newspaper editor and Democratic politician. He owned papers in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and later Ohio. He was also Ohio State Auditor 1852-1856.
William Duane Morgan was born to a prominent family in Washington County, Pennsylvania. In 1837, he and his brother, Thomas Jefferson Morgan, owned and edited the Washington County Democratic newspaper Our Country.[1]
In 1840 he moved to New Lisbon, Ohio, where he owned the Ohio Patriot.[1] He was nominated at the state Democratic Party convention for Ohio State Auditor in 1851, and defeated his Free Soil Party and incumbent Whig opponents in the general election.[2] He served a four-year term, but was defeated by Republican Francis Mastin Wright for re-election.[3] He then owned the Newark Advocate in Newark, Ohio from 1856 to 1880. He died in 1887.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c William Duane Morgan Correspondence Syracuse University Library
- ^ Bell 1876 : 114
- ^ Bell 1876 : 125
References
- Bell, William, Jr. (1876). Annual report of the Secretary of State to the Governor and General Assembly for the year 1875... Ohio Secretary of State.
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- People from Lisbon, Ohio
- People from Washington County, Pennsylvania
- Ohio Democrats
- 1817 births
- 1887 deaths
- State Auditors of Ohio
- 19th-century American newspaper editors
- 19th-century American journalists
- American male journalists
- 19th-century male writers
- 19th-century American politicians
- Journalists from Pennsylvania