U.S. Congressman, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He graduated from Yale University in 1937, engaged in the food business and served as a Captain in the Armored Field Artillery, U.S. Army, during World War II. After the war, he was a beef cattle feeding operator, later entered politics and was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth Congress reelected to the next four succeeding Congresses, serving (1963-71). In 1971, he was appointed Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President Richard Nixon, serving until 1975, and was also Secretary of Commerce (1975-76) under President Gerald R. Ford. After leaving the cabinet, he retired from politics and engaged in boat building until his death from cancer.
U.S. Congressman, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He graduated from Yale University in 1937, engaged in the food business and served as a Captain in the Armored Field Artillery, U.S. Army, during World War II. After the war, he was a beef cattle feeding operator, later entered politics and was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth Congress reelected to the next four succeeding Congresses, serving (1963-71). In 1971, he was appointed Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President Richard Nixon, serving until 1975, and was also Secretary of Commerce (1975-76) under President Gerald R. Ford. After leaving the cabinet, he retired from politics and engaged in boat building until his death from cancer.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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Here Lies
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton
Captain U.S. Army
1942-1945
Representative to Congress
1963-1971
Secretary of Interior
1971-1975
Secretary of Commerce
1975
Born September 19, 1914
Louisville, Kentucky
Died April 19, 1979
Easton, Maryland
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