Rogers Morton

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Rogers Morton was an American Republican politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior and later Secretary of Commerce in the 1970s.

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instanceOf United States Cabinet member
human
member of the United States House of Representatives
politician
appointedBy Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
birthDate 1914-09-19
birthPlace Louisville, Kentucky
surface form: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
causeOfDeath prostate cancer
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1979-04-19
deathPlace Easton, Maryland
surface form: Easton, Maryland, United States
educatedAt Woodberry Forest School
Yale University
familyName Morton
givenName Rogers
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
militaryBranch United States Army
name Rogers Clark Ballard Morton
notableWork involved in Ford administration economic and trade policy as Secretary of Commerce
oversaw early implementation of environmental policies in the Nixon administration
participated in management of the 1973 oil crisis as Secretary of the Interior
numberOfChildren 2
occupation businessman
politician
officeEndTime 1971-01-29
officeEndTime (RNC Chair) 1971-01-15
officeEndTime (Secretary of Commerce) 1976-02-02
officeEndTime (Secretary of the Interior) 1975-04-30
officeStartTime 1963-01-03
officeStartTime (RNC Chair) 1969-04-15
officeStartTime (Secretary of Commerce) 1975-05-01
officeStartTime (Secretary of the Interior) 1971-01-29
positionHeld Chair of the Republican National Committee
U.S. Representative from Maryland's 1st congressional district
U.S. Representative
surface form: United States Representative

Secretary of Commerce of the United States
surface form: United States Secretary of Commerce

United States Secretary of the Interior
religion Episcopal Church
represented Maryland
servedInCabinetOf Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
sexOrGender male
spouse Anne Jones Morton
stateOfCongressionalDistrict Maryland

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