| SERIES: 1956-63 Artvue Hall of Fame Plaque Postcards SUBJECT: Morgan Bulkeley APPROXIMATE SIZE: 3-1/2"x5-1/4" ISSUER: Artvue ORIGINAL or REPRODUCTION: Original vintage item produced in the time period shown COMMENTS / CONDITION: 1956-63 - Morgan Bulkeley baseball card VG or better condition as shown. See scans of actual card offered for condition and further details. BIO: Morgan Gardner Bulkeley was born in 1837 in East Haddam, CT and died in 1922 in Hartford, CT. Morgan Bulkeley was the president of the Hartford Dark Blues in 1874 and 1875 and was selected as figurehead president of the National League when it was founded in 1876. He resigned at the end of the season in favor of the true founder William Hulbert. Bulkeley was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on December 7, 1937 by the Centennial Commission, likely as the National League pendant for Ban Johnson, the first president of the American League, who was a deserving inductee. In Bulkeley's case, however, most baseball historians question his selection, arguing that he had minimal significance in baseball history in spite of his briefly-held title. Away from the diamond, Bulkeley served in the 13th New York Volunteers regiment during the Civil War then was the head of the Aetna Life Insurance company, which his father had founded, for many years. He was also mayor of Hartford, Connecticut from 1880 to 1888, governor of Connecticut from 1889 to 1893, and a U.S. Senator for one term from 1905 to 1911. A major bridge crossing the Connecticut River in Hartford is named in his honor, as well as a high school. SKU: CL02404
Item: CL02404
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