William Duane Morgan | |
|---|---|
| 7th Ohio State Auditor | |
| In office January 12, 1852 – January 14, 1856 | |
| Governor | Reuben Wood William Medill |
| Preceded by | John Woods |
| Succeeded by | Francis Mastin Wright |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1817 Washington County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | 1887 Newark, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
William Duane Morgan (1817–1887) was a newspaper editor and Democratic politician. He owned papers in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and later Ohio. He was also Ohio State Auditor 1852-1856.
William Duane Morgan was born to a prominent family in Washington County, Pennsylvania. In 1837, he and his brother, Thomas Jefferson Morgan, owned and edited the Washington County Democratic newspaper Our Country.[1]
In 1840 he moved to New Lisbon, Ohio, where he owned the Ohio Patriot.[1] He was nominated at the state Democratic Party convention for Ohio State Auditor in 1851, and defeated his Free Soil Party and incumbent Whig opponents in the general election.[2] He served a four-year term, but was defeated by Republican Francis Mastin Wright for re-election.[3] He then owned the Newark Advocate in Newark, Ohio from 1856 to 1880. He died in 1887.[1]