Rogers Morton
U.S. Congressperson
1914 – 1979
Who was Rogers Morton?
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton was an American politician who served as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Commerce during the administrations of Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford, Jr., respectively. He also served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland.
Though he was born in Louisville, Kentucky, Morton moved to a farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the early 1950s. In 1962, he was elected to the House of Representatives, in which capacity he established an environmental record. Morton would joke that his two middle initials stood for "Chesapeake Bay." In 1968, Morton played a major role in Richard Nixon's campaign for president, and was chosen by Nixon in 1969 to serve as Chairman of the Republican National Committee.
In the elections of 1970, Morton was considered a strong candidate to challenge Joseph Tydings for his U.S. Senate seat from Maryland, but he chose instead to remain as chairman of the RNC. In 1971, President Nixon tapped Morton to serve as Secretary of the Interior, during which time he oversaw the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and the 1973 oil crisis.
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- Born
- Sep 19, 1914
Louisville - Also known as
- Rogers Clark Ballard Morton
- Parents
- Siblings
- Religion
- Episcopal Church
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Yale University
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Lived in
- Louisville
- Died
- Apr 19, 1979
Easton
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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