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Thruston Ballard Morton

Thruston Ballard Morton (1907 – 1982), a Republican, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was born in Louisville and received a B.A. with the Yale Class of 1929 where he was a member of Wolf's Head Society.

Morton won his seat in the House by defeating incumbent Democrat Emmet O'Neal in 1946, 61,899 votes to 44,599. He served three terms in the House, January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1953.

After leaving the House, Morton served in an appointed position in the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower.

In 1956 Morton, by a very narrow margin, defeated incumbent Democratic United States Senator Earle C. Clements, 506,903 votes to 499,922. Morton won re-election to a second term in the Senate in 1962, defeating Democratic lieutenant governor and former mayor of Louisville Wilson W. Wyatt. Morton served in the Senate from January 3, 1957, until his resignation on December 16, 1968. He vacated the seat a few weeks early to allow his Republican successor, Marlow William Cook, another "moderate" Republican, to gain an edge in seniority.

Morton was the chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1959 until 1961. In the Senate, Morton was considered a "moderate" Republican and voted, along with his Republican colleague, John Sherman Cooper for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Thruston Morton was the brother of Rogers Clark Ballard Morton, who represented Maryland in the United States 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.

Morton is interviewed in the 1968 documentary film In the Year of the Pig.

Preceded by
Emmet O'NealMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 3rd congressional district
1947 – 1953 Succeeded by
John Marshall Robsion, Jr.Preceded by
Earle C. ClementsUnited States Senator (Class 3) from Kentucky
January 3, 1957 – December 16, 1968
Served alongside: John Sherman CooperSucceeded by
Marlow W. CookPreceded by
Meade AlcornChairman of the Republican National Committee
1959 – 1961 Succeeded by
William E. MillerPreceded by
Barry GoldwaterChairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee
1963 – 1967 Succeeded by
George Murphy
v • d • eUnited States Senators from KentuckyClass 2 Brown • Thruston • Clay • Bibb • Walker • Barry • Hardin • Crittenden • Johnson • Bibb • Crittenden • Morehead • J. Underwood • Thompson • Powell • Guthrie • McCreery • Stevenson • Beck • Carlisle • Lindsay • Blackburn • Paynter • James • Martin • Stanley • Sackett • Robsion • Williamson • M. Logan • Chandler • Stanfill • Cooper • Chapman • T. Underwood • Cooper • Barkley • Humphreys • Cooper • Huddleston • McConnellClass 3 Edwards • Marshall • J. Breckinridge • Adair • Clay • Pope • Bledsoe • Talbot • W. Logan • Talbot • Rowan • Clay • Crittenden • Metcalfe • Clay • Meriwether • Dixon • Crittenden • J.C. Breckinridge • Davis • Machen • McCreery • Williams • Blackburn • Deboe • McCreary • Bradley • Camden • Beckham • Ernst • Barkley • Withers • Clements • Morton • Cook • Ford • Bunning
v • d • eChairpersons of the Republican National CommitteeEdwin D. Morgan · Henry J. Raymond · Marcus L. Ward · William Claflin · Edwin D. Morgan · Zachariah Chandler · J. Donald Cameron · Marshall Jewell · Dwight M. Sabin · Benjamin F. Jones · Matthew Quay · James S. Clarkson · Thomas H. Carter · Mark Hanna · Henry C. Payne · George B. Cortelyou · Harry S. New · Frank H. Hitchcock · John F. Hill · Victor Rosewater · Charles D. Hilles · Will H. Hays · John T. Adams · William M. Butler · Hubert Work · Claudius H. Huston · Simeon D. Fess · Everett Sanders · Henry P. Fletcher · John Hamilton · Joseph W. Martin, Jr. · Bailey Walsh · Harrison E. Spangler · Herbert Brownell, Jr. · Carroll Reece · Hugh Scott · Guy G. Gabrielson · Arthur E. Summerfield · C. Wesley Roberts · Leonard W. Hall · Meade Alcorn · Thruston B. Morton · William E. Miller · Dean Burch · Ray C. Bliss · Rogers Morton · Bob Dole · George H. W. Bush · Mary L. Smith · Bill Brock · Dick Richards · Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr. · Lee Atwater · Clayton K. Yeutter · Richard Bond · Haley Barbour · Jim Nicholson · Jim Gilmore · Marc Racicot · Ed Gillespie · Ken Mehlman · Mike Duncan
v • d • eChairmen of the National Republican Senatorial CommitteeBridges• Brewster• Dirksen• Goldwater• Dirksen• Schoeppel• Goldwater• Morton • Murphy• Tower• Dominick• Brock• Stevens• Packwood• Heinz• Packwood• Lugar• Heinz• Boschwitz• Nickles• Gramm• D'Amato• McConnell• Frist• Allen• Dole• Ensign
Categories: Republican National Committee chairmen | United States Senators from Kentucky | Members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky | Kentucky politicians | Louisville politicians | American Episcopalians | 1907 births | 1982 deaths | Kentucky Republicans

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