{{Short description|American politician (1842–1912)}} {{Use mdy dates |date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = |name = Charles Henry Morgan |honorific_suffix = |image = CharlesHenryMorgan (3x4a).jpg |image_size = |state = Missouri |constituency = 15th district |term_start = March 4, 1909 |term_end = March 3, 1911 |predecessor = Thomas Hackney |successor = James A. Daugherty |constituency1 = 15th district |term_start1 = March 4, 1893 |term_end1 = March 3, 1895 |predecessor1 = ''Office established'' |successor1 = Charles G. Burton |constituency2 = 12th district |term_start2 = March 4, 1883 |term_end2 = March 3, 1885 |predecessor2 = William H. Hatch |successor2 = William J. Stone |constituency3 = 6th district |term_start3 = March 4, 1875 |term_end3 = March 3, 1879 |predecessor3 = Harrison E. Havens |successor3 = James R. Waddill |party = {{unbulleted list | Republican | Democratic (before 1896) }} |birth_date = {{birth date|1842|7|5}} |birth_place = Cuba, New York, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1912|1|4|1842|7|5}} |death_place = Joplin, Missouri, U.S. |resting_place = Mount Hope Cemetery |spouse = {{marriage|Clara Washburn|1877|1912}} |children = 1 |relatives = Frederic A. Morgan (brother) |alma_mater = Albany Law School |profession = {{hlist|politician|lawyer}} |allegiance = United States |branch = United States Volunteers<br />Union Army |rank = Lt. Colonel, USV |service_years = 1861–1865<br />1898 |unit = {{unbulleted list | 1st Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry | 21st Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry | 5th Reg. Mo. Vol. Infantry }} |battles = American Civil War<br />Spanish–American War }}
'''Charles Henry Morgan''' (July 5, 1842 – January 4, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician from Missouri. He represented Missouri in the United States House of Representatives for five terms spread across four decades. He also served as a United States Army officer in the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War.
==Early life and education== Charles Henry Morgan was born in Cuba, New York,<ref name="bio">{{Cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000944 |title=MORGAN, Charles Henry |website=bioguide.congress.gov |access-date=2021-08-07}}</ref> on July 5, 1842.<ref name="death">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83013540/had-exiting-war-experiences-5-jan-1912/ |title=Had Exciting War Experiences |date=1912-01-05 |newspaper=Boston Evening Transcript |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2021-08-07}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref name="death2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83014700/col-morgan-dies-of-pneumonia-5-jan-191/ |title=Col. Morgan Dies of Pneumonia |date=1912-01-05 |page=1 |newspaper=The Monett Times |location=Monett, MO |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2021-08-07}} {{Open access}}</ref> His family moved to Pewaukee, Wisconsin, in 1845.<ref name="bio"/> He attended Fond du Lac High School in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in 1861.<ref name="death"/><ref name="bio"/>
After the Civil War, he went to Albany, New York, and graduated from Albany Law School in 1865.<ref name="death"/><ref name="bio"/>
==Career== ===Military career=== At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Morgan was one of the first volunteers from Wisconsin to enlist in the Union Army. He was enrolled as a private in Company I of the 1st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment<ref name="roster3mo">{{Cite report|url= https://archive.org/details/rosterofwisconsi01wisc/ |title= Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861–1865 |volume= 1 |year= 1886 |publisher= Office of the Adjutant General of Wisconsin |chapter= First Regiment Infantry - Three Months |page= [https://archive.org/details/rosterofwisconsi01wisc/page/309/ 309] |accessdate= May 27, 2023 }}</ref> and went with the regiment to Virginia in June 1861. At the time, the regiment was only established as a three-month enlistment, and the regiment only participated in the Battle of Hoke's Run in present-day West Virginia before the expiration in August 1861.<ref name="quiner">{{Cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/militaryhistoryo00quin/ |title= The Military History of Wisconsin |year= 1866 |last= Quiner |first= Edwin B. |chapter= Regimental History–First Infantry |pages= [https://archive.org/details/militaryhistoryo00quin/page/423/ 423]–437 |publisher= Chicago, Clarke & co. |accessdate= May 27, 2023 }}</ref>
Morgan decided to re-enlist for a three-year term, and at the reorganization of the 1st Wisconsin Infantry, he was assigned to Company K and promoted to sergeant. At the reorganization, he was joined by his brother Benjamin and his cousin William.<ref name="roster3yr">{{Cite report|url= https://archive.org/details/rosterofwisconsi01wisc/ |title= Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861–1865 |volume= 1 |year= 1886 |publisher= Office of the Adjutant General of Wisconsin |chapter= First Regiment Infantry - Three Years Organization |page= [https://archive.org/details/rosterofwisconsi01wisc/page/313/ 313], [https://archive.org/details/rosterofwisconsi01wisc/page/342/ 342] |accessdate= May 27, 2023 }}</ref> In the Spring of 1862, Morgan was promoted to sergeant major of the regiment.<ref name="roster3yr"/> Through this year of service, the 1st Wisconsin Infantry was mostly serving provost duty in Kentucky and Tennessee.<ref name="quiner"/>
Morgan was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Fall of 1862 and assigned to Company F of the 21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. The 21st Wisconsin Infantry saw extensive combat in the Tennessee and Kentucky theater of the war. Morgan was taken prisoner twice during the war, first after the Battle of Perryville, when he was quickly paroled, and then after the disastrous Battle of Chickamauga, when he was sent to Libby Prison, along with about 70 others of his regiment. He famously escaped from Libby Prison with Harrison Carroll Hobart and about 100 others in February 1864. After returning to his regiment, he was promoted to captain of Company H in April 1865.<ref name="roster2">{{cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/rosterofwisconsi02wisco/ |title= Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861–1865 |volume= 2 |year= 1886 |publisher= Office of the Adjutant General of Wisconsin |chapter= Twenty-First Regiment Infantry |page= [https://archive.org/details/rosterofwisconsi02wisco/page/183 183] |accessdate= May 27, 2023 }}</ref> At the end of the war, he marched in the Grand Review of the Armies.<ref name="obit-kc">{{Cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-charles-h-morgan-o/125418795/ |title= Col. Charles Morgan Dead |newspaper= The Kansas City Star |date= January 4, 1912 |page= 4 |accessdate= May 27, 2023 |via= Newspapers.com }}</ref>
During the Spanish–American War he returned to service as lieutenant colonel of the Fifth Missouri Infantry Regiment.<ref name="death"/>
===Law career=== He began practicing law in Lamar, Missouri. In 1868 he was prosecuting attorney of Barton County, Missouri; member of the Missouri House of Representatives in 1872–74.<ref name="bio"/> He practiced until 1884, and then he went into coal and zinc mining.<ref name="death"/>
===Political career=== He served as a Democratic congressman in 1875–79, 1883–85 (during which he was chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department) and 1893–95. He was elected as a Republican in 1908 and served 1909–1911.<ref name="bio"/>
In 1907 he moved to Joplin, Missouri.<ref name="bio"/>
==Personal life== Charles Morgan was the eldest son among 11 children born to Henry Culver Morgan and his wife Lurancy (''{{nee}}'' Swift). Henry C. Morgan came to Black Wolf, Wisconsin, with his brother, Charles, and had a successful lumber mill operating until the Panic of 1857. Charles Morgan served several years on the Winnebago County board and was twice an unsuccessful candidate for state legislature.<ref>{{Cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/historyofwinneba00harn/ |title= History of Winnebago County, Wisconsin, and Early History of the Northwest |last= Harney |first= Richard J. |year= 1880 |publisher= Allen & Hicks |pages= [https://archive.org/details/historyofwinneba00harn/page/n359/ 282–283] |accessdate= May 27, 2023 }}</ref>
Henry's younger brother Frederic A. Morgan served in the 39th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment and later represented Winnebago County in the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Charles H. Morgan married Clara Washburn, daughter of Judge Ganem W. Washburn of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on March 14, 1877.<ref name="marriage">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83016899/marriage-of-hon-charles-h-morgan-18-m/ |title=Marriage of Hon. Charles H. Morgan |page=2 |newspaper=Kansas City Times |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2021-08-07}} {{Open access}}</ref> He had a son, Frank B. Morgan.<ref name="death2"/>
==Death== Morgan died of pneumonia on January 4, 1912, in Joplin, Missouri.<ref name="bio"/><ref name="death"/><ref name="death2"/> He is interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.<ref name="bio"/>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{CongBio|M000944}}
==External links== {{cc}} *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#414.48.63 Charles Henry Morgan entry] at The Political Graveyard *{{find a Grave|7875519}}
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