# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edwin-barber-morgan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:12:33.669Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edwin-barber-morgan"
name: "Edwin Barber Morgan"
slug: "edwin-barber-morgan"
description: "Edwin Barber Morgan was an entrepreneur and politician from the Finger Lakes region of western New York. He was the first president of Wells Fargo & Company, founder of the United States Express Company, and director of American Express Company. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives from New York and served for three terms, each term under a different party label."
tagline: "American politician (1806-1881)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edwin_Barber_Morgan_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1806-05-02"
deathDate: "1881-10-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.92
  momentum:             4.137246248896733
  historical:           5.474622666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A8%DB%8C._%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ادوین بی. مورقان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A._%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "إدوين بي. مورغان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%89._%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ادوين بى. مورجان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Barber_Morgan"
    title: "Edwin Barber Morgan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_B._Morgan"
    title: "Edwin B. Morgan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_B._Morgan"
    title: "Edwin B. Morgan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5346231"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump