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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Warren Allen Morton
| name=Warren Allen Morton
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
*Morton, an [[Ivy League]]-educated [[oil]]man, served fourteen years in the Wyoming House of Representatives, his last two as the Speaker.}}
*Morton, an [[Ivy League]]-educated [[oil]]man, served fourteen years in the Wyoming House of Representatives, his last two as the Speaker.}}
'''Warren Allen Morton''' (March 22, 1924 – February 18, 2002) was an [[oil]]man and [[engineer]] from Casper, [[Wyoming]]|Casper]] [[oil]]man and [[engineer]] who served as Speaker of the [[Wyoming House of Representatives]] from 1979 to 1980, prior to mounting a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor|gubernatorial]] campaign in 1982. He served in the Wyoming House from Natrona County from January 1, 1967, to December 31, 1980. Morton was the managing partner of MKM Oil Company in Casper.
'''Warren Allen Morton''' (March 22, 1924 – February 18, 2002) was an [[oil]]man and [[engineer]] from Casper, [[Wyoming]]|Casper]] [[oil]]man and [[engineer]] who served as Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1979 to 1980, prior to mounting his gubernatorial campaign in 1982. He represented Natrona County in the House from January 1, 1967, to December 31, 1980. Morton was the managing partner of MKM Oil Company in Casper.
==Background==
==Background==
Morton was born in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] in Jefferson County and the largest city in [[Alabama]], to Lindley C. Morton of [[California]] and the former Ruth Goddard,<ref>Google Books [https://books.google.com/books?id=uHqVYTkA08YC&pg=PA201]</ref> a native of [[Connecticut]]. Lindley and Ruth moved to Alabama because of his job with Portland Cement Company. The Mortons returned to California and reared their family of three sons and a daughter. Morton's brothers were Robert Morton and Coleman Morton (1919-2006), both of Pasadena, California; his surviving sister is Sylvia Morton Kingsley of [[San Francisco]].<ref name=statement>Statement of Katharine Allen Morton, September 24, 2008.</ref>
Morton was born in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] in Jefferson County and the largest city in [[Alabama]], to Lindley C. Morton of [[California]] and the former Ruth Goddard,<ref>Google Books [https://books.google.com/books?id=uHqVYTkA08YC&pg=PA201]</ref> a native of [[Connecticut]]. Lindley and Ruth moved to Alabama because of his job with Portland Cement Company. The Mortons returned to California and reared their family of three sons and a daughter. Morton's brothers were Robert Morton and Coleman Morton (1919-2006), both of Pasadena, California; his surviving sister is Sylvia Morton Kingsley of [[San Francisco]].<ref name=statement>Statement of Katharine Allen Morton, September 24, 2008.</ref>