Daniel Nash Morgan (1844–1931) is a United States banker who was Treasurer of the United States from 1893 to 1897.
D. N. Morgan was born in Newtown, Connecticut on August 18, 1844.[1] His father owned a store, which he took over as a young man. He later took a partner, running the store as Morgan & Booth.[2] In 1869, he moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut, becoming a partner in Birdsey & Morgan, a firm producing dry goods and carpets.[3] He also ran a grocery, Morgan, Hopson & Co., in 1877.[4] In 1879, he became president of the City National Bank of Bridgeport.[5]
Morgan was elected to the Bridgeport common council in 1873 and served until 1874; was a member of the Bridgeport Board of Education 1877-78; and was mayor of Bridgeport in 1880 and 1884.[6]
In 1893, President of the United States Grover Cleveland named Morgan Treasurer of the United States, and Morgan held that office from June 1, 1893 until June 30, 1897.
Morgan was a candidate to be Governor of Connecticut in 1898, but he lost to George E. Lounsbury.[7]
Morgan died in Bridgeport on May 30, 1931, twelve days after being hit by an automobile.[8] He is buried in Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport.[9]
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| Preceded by Enos H. Nebecker |
Treasurer of the United States June 1, 1893 – June 30, 1897 |
Succeeded by Ellis H. Roberts |