Thruston Ballard Morton
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United States Senator from Kentucky |
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In office January 3, 1957 – December 16, 1968 |
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| Preceded by | Earle C. Clements |
| Succeeded by | Marlow W. Cook |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 3rd district |
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In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 |
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| Preceded by | Emmet O'Neal |
| Succeeded by | John M. Robsion, Jr. |
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August 19, 1907 Louisville, Kentucky |
| Died | August 14, 1982 (aged 74) Louisville, Kentucky |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
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| Service/branch | United States Naval Reserve |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Thruston Ballard Morton (August 19, 1907 – August 14, 1982), a Republican, represented Kentucky in the US House of Representatives and the US Senate.
Morton was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to David Morton and his wife, Mary Ballard, descended from pioneer settlers of the area. He had a brother, Rogers Clark Ballard Morton, who also became a politician (as discussed below), and a sister, Jane, who survived him. He attended local public schools then the Woodberry Forest School before he entered Yale University. He received a B.A. there in 1929.
Morton then worked in the family business, Ballard & Ballard Flour Milling, becoming its chairman of the board before the company was sold to the Pillsbury Company.
A lifelong Episcopalian, he married Belle Clay Lyons and was survived by their two sons, Clay Lyons Morton and Thruston Ballard Morton Jr, and five grandchildren.
His brother, Rogers Clark Ballard Morton, represented Maryland in the US House of Representatives from 1963 through 1971, when he became Secretary of the Interior in the administration of Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford and Secretary of Commerce under Ford, before heading Ford's re-election campaign in 1976.
After naval service in World War II, Morton defeated incumbent Democrat Emmet O'Neal in 1946 for his native Louisville area, 61,899 votes to 44,599. He served three terms in the House, from January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1953.
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