Frank B. Morrison

Frank B. Morrison
Gov. Frank Morrison, 1961
31st Governor of Nebraska
In office January 5, 1961 – January 5, 1967
Lieutenant	Dwight W. Burney Philip C. Sorensen
Preceded by	Dwight W. Burney
Succeeded by	Norbert T. Tiemann
Personal details
Born	Frank Brenner Morrison (1905-05-20)May 20, 1905 Golden, Colorado, U.S.
Died	April 19, 2004(2004-04-19) (aged 98) McCook, Nebraska, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Kansas State University

Frank Brenner Morrison (May 20, 1905 – April 19, 2004) served as the 31st Governor of the U.S. state of Nebraska from 1961 to 1967, representing the Democratic Party.

Morrison was born in Golden, Colorado, and attended high school in Manhattan, Kansas. He graduated from Kansas State University in 1927. Accepting an invitation from an aunt, he moved to Lincoln, Nebraska and attended the University of Nebraska and earned a law degree in 1931. He taught school, was superintendent of schools in Farwell, Nebraska before establishing his legal career in . He was elected Frontier County attorney in 1934. He married Maxine Elizabeth Hepp in 1936 and they had three children, Frank Jr, David Jon, and Jean Marie.

Morrison was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1940, and chair of the Frontier County Democratic Party the same year.

He ran for the U.S. House of Representatives twice in 1948 and 1954. He ran for United States Senate in 1958, 1966 and 1970 but lost all three elections. He lost to Roman L. Hruska in 1958 and 1970 while in 1966 he lost to Carl T. Curtis.

Morrison secured the Democratic nomination for Governor of Nebraska and won the general election in 1960. He won reelection in 1962 and also in 1964. During his governorship, he worked to improve the University, particularly the scientific research and the agricultural departments, a state employees' retirement plan was initiated, a state income tax was sanctioned, and the state's accounting system was restructured. He signed legislation for Educational Television which led to the establishment of the statewide public television network, an act he said was his most important.