Morgan Foster Larson

Morgan Foster Larson ( born June 15, 1882 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, † March 21, 1961 ) was an American politician who was from 1929 to 1932 Governor of the State of New Jersey.

Early years and political rise

Morgan Larson attended the public schools of his home and thereafter until 1910, the Cooper Union College in New York City. There he studied under the engineering. After finishing his studies, he worked for several municipalities in New Jersey as an architect. With the rise of automobiles were also made for Larson new perspectives. He worked mainly on three major bridges that linked the state of New Jersey with New York City and Staten Iceland.

Morgan Larson was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1922 and 1928 he was a member of the Senate of New Jersey, where he was its president in 1926. On 6 November 1928 he was elected governor of his state, and thus the successor of A. Harry Moore.

Governor of New Jersey

Larson began his three -year term on 15 January 1929. Although his party in both chambers of the legislature of New Jersey had the majority, Larson got big trouble, because many Republicans with his personnel policy in the public appointments disagree and therefore his government blocked partially. With his New York counterpart, Franklin D. Roosevelt Larson signed a contract for the construction of the Lincoln Tunnel, which would connect Manhattan with Weehawken. At that time a port authority for the residents of the Delaware River was established.

In the course of his tenure also New Jersey was captured by the broken since October 1929 global economic crisis. In New Jersey, a strong rise in unemployment has been registered. Much like President Herbert C. Hoover and Governor Larson had no recipe to counter the crisis effectively. Since it anyway a direct candidacy was prohibited in 1931 because of a constitutional provision, he resigned from his post on 19 January 1932. With Harry Moore was his predecessor and his successor.

Further CV

After the end of his term Larson was employed by the Port Authority of New York City. The ex- governor had to suffer themselves from the financial consequences of the economic crisis. Between 1945 and 1948, Larson was environmental officer of the government of New Jersey. After that, he was a consultant to 1961 government committee that dealt with the handling and the supply of drinking water. Morgan Larson died in March 1961. He was married twice and had a total of two children.