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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{about|the post master|the Canadian professor|Ed Morgan (professor)}}<br />
{{Infobox person<br />
| name = <br />
| image = Portrait of Edward M. Morgan.jpg<br />
| alt = Black & white photograph of a man - Morgan - sitting.<br />
| caption = Morgan in 1907<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth year|1855}}<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1925|01|09|1855}}<br />
| death_place = [[Brooklyn, New York City|Brooklyn]], New York<br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| occupation = [[Mail carrier|Postman]], Postmaster<br />
| employer = [[United States Post Office Department]]<br />
| known_for = <br />
| title = Postmaster of New York City<br />
| term = 1907-1917, 1921-1925<br />
| predecessor = [[William Russell Willcox]]<br />
| successor = John J. Kiely<br />
}}<br />
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[[File:Earle Lewis Ovington 4a38676a01 o.jpg|thumb|Edward M. Morgan, [[Frank Harris Hitchcock]], and [[Earle Lewis Ovington]]]]<br />
[[File:Ovington 2162926957 48f8225fce o.jpg|thumb|Edward M. Morgan, [[Frank Harris Hitchcock]], and [[Earle Lewis Ovington]]]]<br />
'''Edward M. Morgan''' (1855 - January 9, 1925) was the [[Postmaster of New York City]] for the first delivery of [[airmail]] by [[Earle Lewis Ovington]].<ref name=obit/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.airmailpioneers.org/history/milestone3.html |title=Earle Ovington |accessdate=2008-12-23 |publisher=Airmail Pioneers |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724085241/http://www.airmailpioneers.org/history/milestone3.html |archive-date=2009-07-24 }}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
He was born in 1855. Morgan started off as a letter carrier, and was appointed [[Postmaster of New York City]] by President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] on August 14, 1907, succeeding [[William R. Willcox]], who had resigned to head the [[Public Service Board]]. Thomas F. Murphy was appointed as the assistant Postmaster.<ref>{{cite news |quote=Edward M. Morgan was appointed Postmaster of New York City by President Roosevelt yesterday, succeeding William R. Willcox, who resigned to become head of the Public Service Board. The announcement of the appointment was made at Oyster Bay in the afternoon after Mr. Morgan had taken luncheon with the President. At the luncheon he was formally apprised of his appointment. |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D03E2DD173EE033A25756C1A96E9C946697D6CF |title=Edward M. Morgan made Postmaster. President Roosevelt Appoints Him to Succeed William R. Willcox. Was Once a Letter Carrier And Has Worked Up from the Bottom. His Selection Will Strengthen Taft Boom In This State. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 15, 1907 |accessdate=2008-12-23 }}</ref> On December 13, 1911, President [[William Howard Taft]] reappointed him to another term of office.<ref>{{cite news |quote=President Taft to-day decided to reappoint Post-master Edward M. Morgan at New York for another term. Mr. Morgan's nomination, went to the Senate this ... |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9802E2DA1E31E233A25750C1A9649D946096D6CF |title=Keeps Postmaster Morgan. His Nomination Sent to the Senate by the President. |work=The New York Times |date=December 13, 1911 |accessdate=2008-12-23 }}</ref> <br />
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He died on January 9, 1925, at the [[NYU Lutheran Medical Center|Lutheran Hospital]] in [[Brooklyn, New York City]].<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=E.M. Morgan Dies in his 70th Year. Postmaster Succumbs Early This Morning After Appendicitis Operation. First Named By Roosevelt. He Was the Only Letter Carrier to Rise to the Head of New York Office. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1925/01/09/archives/em-morgan-dies-in-his-70th-year-postmaster-succumbs-early-this.html |quote=Edward M. Morgan, Postmaster of the New York Post Office, died at 1:50 o clock this morning in the Lutheran Hospital, 343 Convent Avenue, following an ... |work=The New York Times |date=January 9, 1925 |accessdate=2008-12-23 }}</ref><br />
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