are going to be cutting to the monument to john tyler morgan. john tyler morgan was born in 1824 in tennessee. selma ande moved to married a local girl. the alabamaattended secession convention in montgomery, alabama. he voted to secede from the union because he was a strong state right supported. he felt that the federal government was overstepping its bounds and trying to regulate slavery in the state of alabama and other southern states. he voted to secede along with the majority from the union and he rose to the rank of general. he was sworn in as a senator, and probably two of the most important things he was known for was he was known as an expansionist. he was very much in favor of the united states acquiring a wide cuba and philippines and also the second thing, he is known as the father of the panama canal