Dick Thompson Morgan

born: 6 Dec 1853, Prairie Creek Twp,Vigo Co.,Indiana
bapt: 2 Oct 1871, Middleton,Vigo Co.,Indiana, at Church of Christ
died: 4 Jul 1920, Danville,Illinois
bur.: Oklahoma City,OK, at Rose Hill Cemetery
occu: US Congressman from Oklahoma
spouse: Oretta ``Ora'' HEATH
marr: 30 May 1878, Merom,Indiana
born: 30 Mar 1856, Covington,Fountain Co.,Indiana
Children:
Porter Heath MORGAN
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Pedigree Chart

                      |--------David MORGAN (Great Britain - 1817, Kentucky)
                      |
           |---------Reece Jones MORGAN (1773, Virginia - 1835, Indiana)
           |          |
           |          |--------Deborah JONES (1751 - )
           |
  |------Valentine MORGAN (1817, KY - 1880, Indiana)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Lucretia CRAWFORD (1778, Kentucky - 1864, Indiana)
  |                   |
  |                   |--------
  |
Dick Thompson MORGAN (1853, Indiana - 1920, Illinois)
  |
  |                   |--------
  |                   |
  |        |---------David THOMPSON (Virginia - 1824, Indiana)
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |
  |------Frances Ann THOMPSON (1822, Indiana - 1913, Tennessee)
           |
           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------Barbara (Lutz) RAY (1785 - 1855, Indiana)
                      |
                      |--------
Dick was a member of the Indiana state house of representatives, 1880-82; U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, 1909-20.

According to a Vigo Co. historian, Dick: Graduated from Union Christian College in Merom in 1876; Master's, 1882. Went to Central Law School in Indianapolis; graduated in 1880. Taught mathematics at Union Christian. Elected to Indiana House in 1881. Owned and published the Terre Haute Courier in 1882, which he purchased from John Hardesty, and began publishing a daily edition sometime in 1883. Lost bid for Indiana State Senate in 1885. Left Indiana to become general counsel for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in Garden City, Kansas, in 1885-86. Was superintendent of schools in Hagerstown, Wayne County, Indiana (date unknown). Moved to Oklahoma in about 1889, perhaps first living in Guthrie. Worked at Land Office(s); became Register of the U.S. Land Office in Woodward, Oklahoma, in 1904 (til 1908). Elected to Congress in 1908; served 1909-1920. Wrote book, ``Land Credits: A Plea for the American Farmer.'' Author of one or two law books.

Dick was also first president of the Oklahoma Christian Missionary society and a trustee of Phillips University.

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