Stephen Morgan
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Stephen Morgan was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Ohio
Ohio
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Born in Jackson County, Ohio
Jackson County, Ohio
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, Morgan attended the common schools, Central College, Worthington, Ohio
Worthington, Ohio
-Dissolution of the Company:By August 11, 1804 the plat maps were completed, payments or notes promising payments collected and deeds prepared for all sixteen thousand acres of the Scioto Company's purchase...

, and the National Normal University
National Normal University
National Normal University was a teacher's college in Lebanon, Ohio. It opened in 1855 as Southwestern State Normal College and took the name National Normal University in 1870. Alfred Holbrook was the first president and the school's guiding force for most of its existence. He resigned in 1897...

, Lebanon, Ohio
Lebanon, Ohio
The population at the 2010 census was 20,033. As of the census of 2000, there were 16,962 people residing in the city. The population density was 1,440.6 people per square mile . There were 6,218 housing units at an average density of 528.1 per square mile...

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He taught in the public schools of Jackson County for a number of years.
School examiner for nine years and principal of Oak Hill Academy
Oak Hill Academy
Oak Hill Academy may refer to:*Oak Hill Academy , Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, a private Baptist-affiliated boarding school famous for producing basketball stars...

 for fifteen years.

Morgan was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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 to the Fifty-sixth
56th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Garret Hobart , until November 21, 1899 , vacant thereafter.* President pro tempore: William P. Frye * Democratic Caucus Chairman: James K. Jones...

, Fifty-seventh
57th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:*Democratic: 151*Republican: 200 *Populist: 5*Silver : 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Theodore Roosevelt , until September 14, 1901, vacant thereafter....

, and Fifty-eighth
58th United States Congress
- House of Representatives :* Republican : 209 * Democratic : 176* Silver Republican : 1TOTAL members: 386-Senate:* President: Vacant* President pro tempore: William P. Frye -Members:...

 Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1905).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth
59th United States Congress
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 Congress.
He moved to Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
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, and retired from public life.
He died at Magnetic Springs, Ohio
Magnetic Springs, Ohio
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, February 9, 1928.
He was interred in Horeb Cemetery, near Oak Hill, Ohio
Oak Hill, Ohio
Oak Hill is a village in Jackson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,685 at the 2000 census.- History :Oak Hill was also a stop on Morgan's Raid, led by Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan during the American Civil War. Oak Hill was settled by Welshimmigrants that were...

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