Richard Morgan

Full Biography

Updated February 29, 2008

Richard Timothy Morgan, 55, was born and grew up in the small resort town of Southern Pines, Moore County, North Carolina.  His parents, also Moore County natives, lived and worked in the county.

Soon after high school graduation, Morgan enrolled at Sandhills Community College where he obtained an Associate of Arts degree with honors and was a member of Phi Theta Kappa Honorary Society.  He completed his formal education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.  Throughout his education, Morgan worked to pay the costs.

He married the former Cindy Richardson, also a Moore County native and a nurse.  She is an Associate Vice President with the Association for Home and Hospice Care of North Carolina.  They make their home on a farm near Eagle Springs and his office is in Pinehurst.

Following college graduation, Morgan served in North Carolina Government until 1977, and by 1981 he had started his own insurance brokerage firm “from scratch.”  Through long hours and determination, he built it into a successful business serving insurance clients throughout Moore County and North Carolina.  He is also a North Carolina Real Estate Broker, a cattle farmer and is involved with several other businesses.

Richard Morgan is noted for his leadership not only in business, but also in civic, government and political service.  He has been active in the Kiwanis Club of the Sandhills, serving as a member of its board of directors and receiving the Legion of Honor award for 25 years of service.  He was chosen to receive the 1993 Distinguished Alumnus designation from Sandhills Community College and in 1991 he was selected as one of the Five Outstanding North Carolinians.  He served a three-year term as a member of the board of directors of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill General Alumni Association.

Richard Morgan was chairman of the very first Moore County Drug Task Force.  He has also been active in the Southern Pines Jaycees and supports the Boy Scouts of America.  He has served the administrations of two North Carolina governors and was appointed by them to the North Carolina Council on the Status of Women and the North Carolina Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Morgan was special assistant to the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Human Resources and also served on the staff of the Governor of North Carolina.  He has been a Republican nominee for North Carolina Insurance Commissioner and for the North Carolina House of Representatives.

Morgan received the Legislator of the Year Award from the North Carolina Association of Home and Hospice Care in 2004 and the North Carolina Association of Manufacturers in 2003 as well as the Champion of Transportation Award from North Carolina GO in 2003. 

He was the recipient of The Governor’s Award and recognized as Legislator of the year by the North Carolina Wildlife Federation in 1997.

Morgan was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1990 and represented most of Moore County.  He was elected and served eight consecutive terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives.   He has served as Vice-Chairman of the House Finance Committee from 1993-1994, House Rules Chairman from 1995-1998, House Minority Leader, Chairman of the House Financial Institutions Committee from 1999-2000 and Speaker ProTempore 2005-2006.  Most importantly, it was 2003-2004 that he served as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives.

His Education Committee assignments for multiple terms included the following: Full Appropriations Committee; Appropriations Sub-Committee on Education; Substantive Policy Committee on Education.

Richard Morgan has held almost every top leadership position in the North Carolina House of Representatives.

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