[1][2] Morgan was the only person to serve as Acting Governor of the Wyoming Territory before the region became an official U.S. state.

Morgan was serving as the Secretary of the Territory when he assumed the official duties of the Governorship.

[3] Was the second son of George Cheesman and Lucinda (Neal) Morgan and was born in Pittsburgh, PA January 19, 1832.

He was educated in common schools and academies of his native city and of New Castle, Pennsylvania.

His wife Laura A. Spiese died July 21, 1932, at her daughter's home in Chicago and she joined her husband at Greenwood Cemetery, New Castle, PA. Morgan is the uncle of historian William J. Morgan.