| LC control no. | n 87870913 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982 |
| Variant(s) | Morton, Thruston Ballard, 1907- |
| Birth date | 19070819 |
| Death date | 19820814 |
| Place of birth | Louisville (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Louisville (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | Yale 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 occupation | Legislators Executives |
| Found in | NUCMC 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.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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