 However, his seat was contested by the defeated Republican candidate, Columbus Delano, who supplanted him on June 3, 1868.Not deterred, Morgan campaigned again in 1870 and was elected to another term, holding his Congressional seat until 1873, serving on the committees on foreign affairs, military affairs, and reconstruction.He was an outspoken critic of the administration's harsh policies on Reconstruction and constantly battled with the Radical Republicans.