Morgan Lewis (governor)
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Gubernatorial portrait of Morgan Lewis
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| 3rd Governor of New York | |
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In office July 1, 1804 – June 30, 1807 |
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| Lieutenant | John Broome |
| Preceded by | George Clinton |
| Succeeded by | Daniel D. Tompkins |
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October 16, 1754 New York City, Province of New York, British America |
| Died | April 7, 1844 (aged 89) New York City, State of New York, United States of America |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Gertrude Livingston |
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Morgan Lewis (October 16, 1754 – April 7, 1844) was an American lawyer, politician, and military commander. The second son of Francis Lewis, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Lewis fought in the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. He served in the New York State Assembly (1789, 1792) and the New York State Senate (1811–1814) and was New York State Attorney General (1791–1801) and governor of New York (1804–1807).
Morgan Lewis was born on October 16, 1754, of Welsh descent, the second son of Francis Lewis (1713–1802), Lewis grew up in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, where he decided to dedicate himself to the ministry. However, based on his father's advice, he attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), graduating in 1773, and began to study law. He read law alongside John Jay. His studies were interrupted by military service during the American Revolutionary War. He was admitted to the bar in 1783.
From September 1, 1776, to the end of the war he was a colonel and the Quartermaster General for the Northern Department.
In 1774, he joined the American Revolution as a volunteer in the Continental Army. Lewis was then made a captain of a regiment of the New York militia. Once the 2nd New York militia regiment was organized, he was promoted to the rank of major. He was then appointed chief-of-staff to General Horatio Gates, with the rank of colonel, and accompanied him into Canada, and soon after congress appointed him quartermaster-general of the Northern Army. In 1775, he planned and executed the night attack on Stone Arabia, and was in command at the battle of Crown Point, where he was accompanied by New York Governor George Clinton. He was prominent throughout the campaign that ended with the surrender of John Burgoyne at Saratoga.
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