Morgan Morgans

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Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889

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Morgan Morgans

Quill platform ID: p16653.

A Republican from the Twenty-first District, the fifty-nine year old mining executive lived in Black Diamond. Born in South Wales, Morgans came to the United States in 1846. Engaged in coal mining in Pennsylvania, he continued this work in California from 1855-68. At the time of the Convention he was superintendent of the Black Diamond mines. Morgans served on the following committees: Legislative Department; Mining and Mining Interests.

Member of 21. Twenty-first District —Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889.

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