Death
A partner in J.P. Morgan, Morrow was one of the richest men in New Jersey. Morrow's death on October 12, 1931, within 30 days of the next election, allowed Republican Governor Morgan Foster Larson to appoint William Warren Barbour as Morrow's successor in the U.S. Senate.
Morrow was interred at Brookside Cemetery in Englewood.
Morrow's will was dated January 24, 1927, and made over $1 million in specific bequests, including $200,000 to Amherst College, $200,000 to Smith College, $100,000 to the Smithsonian Institution $100,000, and several other bequests to family and friends. The Estate was valued at about $10 Million. In addition, a $1 million dollar trust fund had been set up for Anne Morrow Lindbergh in 1929.
Morrow's personal papers are held by the Archives & Special Collections in Frost Library at Amherst College.
Dwight Morrow High School, founded in 1932, was named in his honor. It is a public school serving students in Englewood and Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
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