former army general George B. McClellan in the 1864 Presidential Election. In 1865 he was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio, being defeated by his former commander in the Kanawha Valley, Jacob D. Cox. Nonetheless, he continued to pursue a political career, and in 1866 was elected to the Fortieth United States Congress from Ohio's 13th District, serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. There, he voted against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. Two years later, he appeared to have won reelection. However, his seat was contested by the defeated Republican candidate, Columbus Delano, who supplanted him on June 3, 1868. Not deterred, Morgan campaigned again in 1870 and was elected to another term, holding his Congressional seat until 1873, serving on the committees on foreign affairs, military affairs, and reconstruction. He was an outspoken critic of the administration's harsh policies on Reconstruction and constantly battled with the Radical Republicans. Morgan ran for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, but was defeated by James G. Blaine. Retirement and death Following his retirement from Congress, Morgan was a delegate-at-large to the 1876 Democratic National Convention in St. Louis. He died at Fort Monroe, Virginia on July 26, 1893, the last surviving general of the Mexican-American War. He was buried in Mound View Cemetery in Mount Vernon, Ohio. See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) List of Ohio's American Civil War generals Notes References Handbook of Texas Online Kentucky Historical Society - roadside markers for Morgan's Retreat Newark, Ohio, Daily Advocate, August 18, 1900. Attribution Further reading Asbury, Samuel E., ed., "Extracts from the Reminiscences of General George W. Morgan," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 30 (January 1927). External links Retrieved on 2008-08-13 Smithsonian Institution collection - photo of Morgan's Mexican-American War flintlock pistol 1820 births 1893 deaths People from Washington County, Pennsylvania Washington & Jefferson College alumni People of Ohio in the American Civil War American military personnel of the Mexican–American War People of the Texas Revolution Union Army generals People from Mount Vernon, Ohio County district attorneys in Ohio 19th-century American diplomats 19th-century American politicians Ambassadors of the United States to Portugal Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio Military personnel from Pennsylvania