Hartford and New York banker and merchant of the same era who became Governor of New York. He contributed money to the Hartford Free Library, his church and to Trinity College, Hartford. Politics Like his father, Morgan was a strong supporter of the Whig Party. Morgan was a close friend of the Whig politician and diplomat Abbott Lawrence. In February 1842, his father-in-law John Pierpont was suggested as a leading candidate for the Liberty Party nomination for Governor of Massachusetts. Morgan urged Pierpont to withdraw his name from consideration, and he did. Religion Though married in his father-in-law's Unitarian church, Morgan attended his own father's Episcopal church in Hartford. Death and burial On April 3, 1890, Morgan took an afternoon carriage ride through Monte Carlo. When his horses bolted at an oncoming train, Morgan stood to see if his driver could steady the horses. The carriage hit a pile of stone and Morgan was thrown against the wall. He suffered a broken wrist and concussion and was unconscious for five days until his death on April 8, 1890. At his funeral, the pallbearers were Roland Mather, Levi P. Morton, Anthony Joseph Drexel, Chauncey M. Depew, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, J. C. Rogers, J. Kearney Warren, and Edward John Phelps. He was interred at the family lot in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford. At the Connecticut State Capitol, flags were flown at half-mast in mourning. At his death, he left a fortune of $12,400,000 (equivalent to $ today). See also Morgan family J.S. Morgan & Co. References Bibliography 1813 births 1890 deaths American bankers American financiers American people of Welsh descent American philanthropists House of Morgan JPMorgan Chase employees Morgan family People from Holyoke, Massachusetts American company founders Burials at Cedar Hill Cemetery (Hartford, Connecticut)