Christopher Morgan (June 4, 1808 – April 3, 1877) was an American attorney and politician from Auburn, New York. He was most notable for his service as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1839 to 1843.
Early life
Morgan was born in Aurora, New York on June 4, 1808, a son of Christopher Morgan (1777-1834) and Nancy (Barber) Morgan.[1][2] He was educated in Cayuga County and attended Yale College, from which he graduated in 1830.[2]
He moved to Auburn in 1843 and practiced law with Seward and Samuel Blatchford as Morgan, Blatchford & Seward from 1844 to 1847.[3] He was Secretary of State of New York from 1847 to 1851, which included the additional duty of Superintendent of the New York public schools.[2] After leaving office he resumed the practice of law in Auburn.[2]
He became a Republican at the party's organization in the mid-1850s. He served as mayor of Auburn from 1860 to 1861, and was a Trustee of the State lunatic asylum in Utica, New York.[2]
In 1832, Morgan married Mary Elizabeth Pitney (1813-1893) of Auburn.[1] They were the parents of a son who did not live to adulthood and three daughters: Cornelia Louise (b. 1834), the wife of C. Eugene Barber; Mary Elizabeth (b. 1835), the wife of William C. Barber; Joseph Pitney (1839-1841); and Frances Adelaide Morgan (b. 1841), the wife of William Beasley Benson.[1]