Ken Morgan (Lloyd Haynes)

Ken Morgan served as District Attorney from 1984 until late 1985, when he was elected Mayor of Port Charles, a post he held until 1987. Mr. Morgan originally had a very positive relationship with Port Charles Police Commissioner Robert Scorpio, which turned sour within a few months of his assuming the post of D.A., as he began to try and maniulate cases so he could run for higher office. In early 1985 he was openly planning a run for the New York State Senate, and then changed his mind at the last minute and ran against Lee Baldwin, the incumbent (but unelected) Mayor of Port Charles. He made promises such as cutting the police budget by eliminating the pricey townhome utilized by Commissioner Scorpio, which helped him beat Lee.

As Mayor-Elect, Morgan agreed with the decision by Lee not to appoint Bert Ramsey the Police Commissioner to replace the outgoing Commissioner Scorpio; he did, though agree to Scorpio's proposal to appoint Anna Devane and Bert co-Chiefs of Police, thinking that he would at some point appoint one of them to the post of Commissioner. This decision by Morgan actually had the opposite effect of embittering Bert and helping him make the decision to join the mob, a scandal whch eventually engulfed the department, causing the PCPD to eventually be taken over by the State of New York and overseen by the State Police Commissioner for a time in the late 1980's.

Morgan was also quite heavily involved as Mayor with waterfront redevelopment, another scheme that was exposed as a mob front. Compared to the quiet, but relatively scandal-free Baldwin administration, Morgan's tenure as Mayor was quite unsuccessful. Last seen in 1987, it is assumed that due to his performance as Mayor, Ken Morgan did not run for re-election and quietly retired from office.