or
for building the Susquehanna branch of the Pennsylvania Canal, on
which he originated a passenger packet line. In 1836 he removed to
Pittsburg, where he became President of a company for the improvement
of the navigation of the Monongahela, and subsequently was President
of several telegraph companies. In 1859 he was re-elected a
Representative to the Thirty-Sixth Congress from Pennsylvania, and has
been re-elected to every succeeding Congress, including the
Fortieth.--31.

EDWIN D. MORGAN was born in Washington, Massachusetts, February 8,
1811. At the age of seventeen he became a clerk, and three years later
a partner in a wholesale grocery house in Hartford, Connecticut. In
1836 he settled in New York City, and embarked extensively in
mercantile pursuits. In 1849 he was chosen an Alderman of the city,
and soon after was elected a member of the State Senate, in which he
served two terms. Since 1856 he has been Chairman of the National
Republican Committee. In 1858 he was elected Governor of New York, and
re-elected in 1860. During his administration, 223,000 troops were
sent into the field from New York. Governor Morgan was appointed by
President Lincoln a Major General of Volunteers. In 1863 he was
elected United States Senator from New York for the term ending in
1869.

JUSTIN S. MORRILL was born in Strafford, Vermont, April 14, 1810. He
received an academical education, and subsequently gave his attention
to mercantile and agricultural pursuits. In 1854 he was elected a
Representative from Vermont to the Thirty-Fourth Congress, and was
re-elected to the Thirty-Fifth, Thirty-Sixth, Thirty-Seventh,
Thirty-Eighth and Thirty-Ninth Congresses. In 1867 he became a United
States Senator from Vermont for the term ending in 1873, succeeding
Luke P. Poland, who became the successor of Mr. Morrill as a
Representative in the Fortieth Congress.--17, 19, 29, 555.

LOT M. MORRILL was born at Belgrade, Maine, in 1815. He studied at
Waterville College, and was admitted to the bar in 1839. In 1854 he
was a member of the Maine Legislature, and in 1856 he was President of
the State Senate. In 1858 he was elected Governor of Maine, and was
twice re-elected. In 1861 he was elected United States Senator from
Maine for the unexpired term of Vice-President Hamlin. In 1863 he was
re-elected to the Senate for the term ending in 1869.--28, 204, 205,
207, 408, 484, 485, 489, 530.

DANIEL MORRIS was born in Seneca County, New York, Janu