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Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982

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Personal name headingMorton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982
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Variant(s)Morton, Thruston Ballard, 1907-
Birth date19070819
Death date19820814
Place of birthLouisville (Ky.)
Place of deathLouisville (Ky.)
AffiliationYale University
United States. Congress. House
United States. Assistant Secretary of State for the Office of Congressional Relations
United States. Congress. Senate
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupationLegislators
Executives
Found inNUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Scott, H. Papers, 1925-1977 (Morton, Thruston Ballard, 1907-; NUCMC files: Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982)
LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Morton, Thruston Ballard, 1907-)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website, viewed July 20, 2015 (Morton, Thruston Ballard, (brother of Rogers C.B. Morton), a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky; born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., August 19, 1907; attended the public schools and Woodberry Forest School, Orange, Va.; graduated from Yale University in 1929; engaged in the grain and milling business; during the Second World War served as a lieutenant commander in the United States Naval Reserve 1941-1946; director of the Louisville Board of Trade, Louisville Goodwill Industries, Frontier Nursing Service, and Lincoln Institute; also interested in banking; elected as a Republican to the Eightieth, Eighty-first, and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1953); was not a candidate for renomination in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress; was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations by President Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953-1956; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1956; reelected in 1962 and served from January 3, 1957, until his resignation on December 16, 1968; was not a candidate for reelection in 1968; chairman, Republican National Committee 1959-1961; vice chairman of the board and director, Liberty National Bank, Louisville, Ky.; chairman of the board and director, Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky.; president, American Horse Council; resided in Louisville, Ky. until his death there on August 14, 1982; interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.)
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