Daniel N. Morgan was born in Newtown, Connecticut on August 18, 1844.

[1] In 1869, he moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut, becoming a partner in Birdsey & Morgan, a firm producing dry goods and carpets.

[2] Morgan was elected to the Bridgeport common council in 1873 and served until 1874.

He married a descendant of William Judson of Stratford, Connecticut.

[3] Morgan was a candidate for governor of Connecticut in 1898, but lost to George E.