Rogers Morton

39th United States Secretary of the Interior
Rogers Morton

In office January 29, 1971 – April 30, 1975
President	Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Walter Joseph Hickel
Succeeded by	Stanley K. Hathaway
22nd United States Secretary of Commerce
In office May 1, 1975 – February 2, 1976
President	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Frederick B. Dent
Succeeded by	Elliot Richardson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 1st district
In office January 3, 1963 – January 29, 1971
Preceded by	Thomas F. Johnson
Succeeded by	William Oswald Mills

Born	September 19, 1914(1914-09-19) Louisville, Kentucky
Died	April 19, 1979 (aged 64) Easton, Maryland
Political party	Republican
Religion	Episcopalian

Morton was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and graduated from Yale University in 1937 where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and Wolf's Head Society. During World War II, Morton served in the United States Army reaching the rank of captain. He was elected to the U.S. Congress, serving the 1st Congressional district of Maryland from 1963 - 1971, and was a Vice Presidential hopeful at the 1968 Republican National Convention. Morton was the chairman of the Republican National Committee between 1969 and 1971. He was the Secretary of the Interior between 1971 and 1975. As Secretary of the Interior, he was involved in several landmark Supreme Court Indian law cases, including Morton v. Mancari (1974). He is the most recent Interior Secretary to come from a state east of the Mississippi River. Finally, he was the Secretary of Commerce in 1975. He died in Easton, Maryland, in 1979.

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Preceded by Thomas Francis Johnson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 1st congressional district 1963 – 1971	Succeeded by William Oswald Mills
Preceded by Ray C. Bliss	Chairman of the Republican National Committee 1969 – 1971	Succeeded by Bob Dole
Preceded by Walter Joseph Hickel	United States Secretary of the Interior 1971 –1975	Succeeded by Stanley K. Hathaway
Preceded by Frederick B. Dent	United States Secretary of Commerce May 1, 1975–February 2, 1976	Succeeded by Elliot Richardson

Representatives to the 88th–91st United States Congresses from Maryland
88th	Senate: J. Beall \| D. Brewster	House: G. Fallon \| E. Garmatz \| S. Friedel\| R. Lankford \| C. Mathias \| R. Morton \| C. Long \| C. Sickles
89th	Senate: D. Brewster \| J. Tydings	House: G. Fallon \| E. Garmatz \| S. Friedel \| C. Mathias \| R. Morton \| C. Long \| C. Sickles \| H. Machen
90th	Senate: D. Brewster \| J. Tydings	House: G. Fallon \| E. Garmatz \| S. Friedel \| C. Mathias \| R. Morton \| C. Long \| H. Machen \| G. Gude
91st	Senate: J. Tydings \| C. Mathias	House: G. Fallon \| E. Garmatz \| S. Friedel \| R. Morton \| C. Long \| G. Gude \| L. Hogan \| J. G. Beall Jr.

v • d • e United States Secretaries of the Interior

Ewing • McKennan • Stuart • McClelland • Thompson • C Smith • Usher • Harlan • Browning • Cox • Delano • Chandler • Schurz • Kirkwood • Teller • Lamar • Vilas • Noble • M Smith • Francis • Bliss • Hitchcock • Garfield • Ballinger • Fisher • Lane • Payne • Fall • Work • West • Wilbur • Ickes • Krug • Chapman • McKay • Seaton • Udall • Hickel • Morton • Hathaway • Kleppe • Andrus • Watt • Clark • Hodel • Lujan • Babbitt • Norton • Kempthorne

v • d • e

Chairpersons of the Republican National Committee

v • d • e United States Secretaries of Commerce

Secretaries of Commerce & Labor: Cortelyou • Metcalf • Straus • Nagel Secretaries of Commerce: Redfield • Alexander • Hoover • Whiting • Lamont • Chapin • Roper • Hopkins • Jones • Wallace • Harriman • Sawyer • Weeks • Strauss • Mueller • Hodges • Connor • Trowbridge • Smith • Stans • Peterson • Dent • Morton • Richardson • Kreps • Klutznick • Baldrige • Verity • Mosbacher • Franklin • Brown • Kantor • Daley • Mineta • Evans • Gutierrez

v • d • e Cabinet of President Gerald Ford (1974-1977)

Vice President	Vacant (1974), Nelson Rockefeller (1974-1977)

Secretary of State	Henry Kissinger (1974–1977)

Secretary of the Treasury	William E. Simon (1974–1977)

Secretary of Defense	James R. Schlesinger (1974–1975) • Donald Rumsfeld (1975–1977)

Attorney General	William Saxbe (1974-1975) • Edward Levi (1975-1977)

Secretary of the Interior	Rogers Morton (1974–1975) • Stanley K. Hathaway (1975) • Thomas S. Kleppe (1975-1977)

Secretary of the Agriculture	Earl Butz (1974–1976) • John Albert Knebel (1976-1977)

Secretary of Commerce	Frederick B. Dent (1974–1975) • Rogers Morton (1975) • Elliot Richardson (1975-1977)

Secretary of Labor	Peter J. Brennan (1974–1975) • John Thomas Dunlop (1975–1976) • William Usery, Jr. (1976-1977)

Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare	Caspar Weinberger (1974-1975) • F. David Mathews (1975-1977)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	James Thomas Lynn (1974-1975) • Carla Anderson Hills (1975–1977)

Secretary of Transportation	Claude Brinegar (1974–1975) • William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. (1975–1977)

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Representatives to the 88th–91st United States Congresses from Maryland
88th	Senate: J. Beall \| D. Brewster	House: G. Fallon \| E. Garmatz \| S. Friedel\| R. Lankford \| C. Mathias \| R. Morton \| C. Long \| C. Sickles
89th	Senate: D. Brewster \| J. Tydings	House: G. Fallon \| E. Garmatz \| S. Friedel \| C. Mathias \| R. Morton \| C. Long \| C. Sickles \| H. Machen
90th	Senate: D. Brewster \| J. Tydings	House: G. Fallon \| E. Garmatz \| S. Friedel \| C. Mathias \| R. Morton \| C. Long \| H. Machen \| G. Gude
91st	Senate: J. Tydings \| C. Mathias	House: G. Fallon \| E. Garmatz \| S. Friedel \| R. Morton \| C. Long \| G. Gude \| L. Hogan \| J. G. Beall Jr.