Edwin Barber Morgan
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Edwin Barber Morgan (May 2, 1806 - October 13, 1881) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Barber was born in Aurora, New York. He was elected to Congress in 1852 as a Whig, in 1854 as an Opposition Party candidate and in 1856 as a Republican.
He represented New York's 25th congressional district from March 4, 1853 until March 3, 1859. He was one of the founders and the first president of Wells Fargo and a director of American Express until his death, aged 75.
He was a trustee of Cornell University from 1865 until 1874 and a charter trustee of Wells College from 1868 until 1881.
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