[2] He was a profitable brass founder and added to his income by real estate speculation.
[2] Morgans was the leader of the Whig Party in the Seventh Ward of New York.
[2] During his term as alderman, he was president of the board of aldermen,[3] and was Acting Mayor during the temporary absence of Ambrose Kingsland.
[2] In 1852, he was nominated by the Whigs as a candidate for mayor of New York City, but lost to Jacob Aaron Westervelt.
[2] Upon leaving Connecticut, he settled in Cutchogue, New York, where he had previously spent his summers.