john tyler morgan (june 20, 1824 – june 11, 1907) was a general in the confederate states army during the american civil war, a six-term u.s. senator from the state of alabama after the war. an ex-slave holder, he was a proponent of jim crow laws, states rights and racial segregation through the reconstruction era. he was an expansionist, arguing for the annexation of hawaii against the native population's will and for u.s. construction of an inter-oceanic canal in central america.