MORGAN, John Tyler, senator, born in Athens, Tennessee, 20 June, 1824. In 1833 his parents removed to Calhoun county, Alabama, and, after receiving a good education, he studied law in Talladega, and was licensed to practise in 1845. In 1860 he was a presidential elector on the Breckinridge ticket, and obtained in the canvass of that year a reputation for eloquence. In 1861 he was a member of the state convention that passed the ordinance of secession. He joined the Confederate army in 1861 as a private, and subsequently became major and lieutenant-colonel, serving in Virginia. He was afterward commissioned as colonel, and, returning to Alabama, raised the 51st regiment, which he liberally aided in equipping. He went to the front in Tennessee, but was soon assigned to the head of the conscript bureau in Alabama, at; the request of the state delegation in the Confederate congress. In 1863 he was appointed brigadier-general by General Robert E. Lee, but declined promotion. He was again commissioned brigadier-general in November, 1863, and commanded a division in the winter of 1863-'4, operating with General James Long-street in eastern Tennessee, and with General Joseph E. Johnston and General John B. Hood. After the war he resumed his law practice in Selma. In 1876 he was again a presidential elector, and was also elected to the United States senate as a Democrat, being re-elected in 1883.