John Hill Morgan
1870-1945 Farmington CT Scholar/Critic/Expert Collector
John Hill Morgan (June 30, 1870 – July 16, 1945) was an American lawyer, politician, and art expert.
Early life and education
Morgan was born on June 30, 1870, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of James Lancaster Morgan and Alice M. Hill. He attended Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. He graduated from Yale College with a B.A. in 1893, and from Yale Law School with an LL.B. cum laude in 1896.
While in Yale College, he was a member of Psi Upsilon and Wolf's Head and served as business manager of The Yale Record. In Yale Law School, he was a member of Phi Delta Phi and Corby Court, and was an editor of the Yale Law Journal.
Law and political career
Morgan was admitted to the New York bar in 1896. He practiced law in Manhattan for the next four years, at which point he moved his law practice to Brooklyn. In 1904, he joined the law firm Mckeen, Brewster & Morgan, and later formed the firm Rumsey & Morgan.
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