# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edwin-d-morgan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:57:52.894Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edwin-d-morgan"
name: "Edwin D. Morgan"
slug: "edwin-d-morgan"
description: "Edwin Denison Morgan was an American politician and Union Army general who served as the 21st governor of New York from 1859 to 1862 and as a United States senator from 1863 to 1869. He was the first and longest-serving chairman of the Republican National Committee. Morgan was known for his progressive views on education, prison reform, and women's suffrage. He helped to found the Republican Party in New York and was a strong supporter of the presidency of Abraham Lincoln."
tagline: "Union Army general and politician (1811–1883)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EDMorgan.jpg?width=1200"
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country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1811-02-08"
deathDate: "1883-02-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump