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Morgan Bulkeley (1837–1922) was an American politician from Connecticut, and a business executive. In 1876, he was the first president of baseball's National League. The son of the first president of the Aetna Life Insurance Company, Bulkeley also served in that position from 1879 to 1922. A member of the Republican Party, he was from 1880 to 1888 mayor of Hartford, and then served as governor of Connecticut, taking office in 1889. He served a second two-year term because the houses of the state legislature could not agree on the outcome of the 1890 election. Holding over in office, the doors of the State Capitol were locked against him, and he had them opened with a crowbar, thus becoming "the Crowbar Governor". He left office in 1893, and served as a U.S. senator from 1905 to 1911. After his death in 1922, several structures in Hartford, including a bridge and a high school, were named for him. In 1937, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, a choice still controversial. (Full article...)