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Morton graduated from the Hotchkiss School, a boarding school for boys, since coeducational, located in Lakeville in Litchfield County, [[Connecticut]]. He then attended [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], from which he graduated in the field of engineering in 1945. Thereafter, from 1945 to 1947, he was an ensign in the [[United States Navy]], having been commissioned through [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]]. In 1948, he married the former Katharine Hancock "Kathy" Allen (born 1926), the daughter of Robert Gray Allen, a former Democratic [[U.S. Representative]] from Greensburg in western [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name=obit>"Warren A. Morton" [[obituary]], ''Casper Star-Tribune,'' February 22, 2002.</ref>

Morton graduated from the Hotchkiss School, a boarding school for boys, since coeducational, located in Lakeville in Litchfield County, [[Connecticut]]. He then attended [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], from which he graduated in the field of engineering in 1945. Thereafter, from 1945 to 1947, he was an ensign in the [[United States Navy]], having been commissioned through [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]]. In 1948, he married the former Katharine Hancock "Kathy" Allen (born 1926), the daughter of Robert Gray Allen, a former Democratic [[U.S. Representative]] from Greensburg in western [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name=obit>"Warren A. Morton" [[obituary]], ''Casper Star-Tribune,'' February 22, 2002.</ref>

In 1952, Warren and Kathy Morton moved to Casper from [[Long Beach]], [[California]], where Morton had been a petroleum engineer. They had four sons. Frederick Lee "Ted" Morton (born 1949 in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]) is a [[political science]] professor on extended leave from the University of Calgary in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]], and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Allen Morton (born 1951) is a mergers and acquisitions specialist in [[San Francisco]]. Robert C. "Bob" Morton (born 1953) is an [attorney]] in [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]]. Warren Goddard Morton (born 1957) is a landman for True Oil Company and resides in Casper.<ref name=statement/><ref name=obit/>​

In 1952, Warren and Kathy Morton moved to Casper from [[Long Beach]], [[California]], where Morton had been a petroleum engineer. They had four sons. Frederick Lee "Ted" Morton (born 1949 in [[Los Angeles]]) is a [[political science]] professor on extended leave from the University of Calgary in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]], and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Allen Morton (born 1951) is a mergers and acquisitions specialist in [[San Francisco]]. Robert C. "Bob" Morton (born 1953) is an [attorney]] in [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]]. Warren Goddard Morton (born 1957) is a landman for True Oil Company and resides in Casper.<ref name=statement/><ref name=obit/>​

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==As House Speaker==

==As House Speaker==

The fiscally [[conservative]] Morton was a director of the Wyoming Taxpayers Association, but he an atypical Wyoming Republican. He supported  [[abortion]] and [[gun control]] laws, particularly opposed by his state's large community of hunters.<ref name=statement/> As House Speaker, his colleagues considered him strict, smart, and fair. Tom Stroock, a former state senator from Casper and a United States Ambassador to [[Guatemala]], described the former Speaker as "brilliant. . . Warren had an important part to play in the history of Wyoming in the 1970s and 1980s. He was clearly an outstanding Speaker and an excellent legislator," though Stroock said that he did not always agree with Morton's political positions.<ref name=cst>Joan Barron, "Former House Speaker dies at 77: Casper oil man Morton devoted much of life to civic service," ''Casper Star-Tribune,'' February 20, 2002, pp. 1, A14.</ref>​

The fiscally [[conservative]] Morton was a director of the Wyoming Taxpayers Association, but he an atypical Wyoming Republican. He supported  [[abortion]] and [[gun control]] laws, particularly opposed by his state's large community of hunters.<ref name=statement/> As House Speaker, his colleagues considered him strict, smart, and fair. Tom Stroock, a former state senator from Casper and a United States Ambassador to [[Guatemala]], described the former Speaker as "brilliant. . . Warren had an important part to play in the history of Wyoming in the 1970s and 1980s. He was clearly an outstanding Speaker and an excellent legislator," though Stroock said that he did not always agree with Morton's political positions.<ref name=cst>Joan Barron, "Former House Speaker dies at 77: Casper oil man Morton devoted much of life to civic service," ''Casper Star-Tribune,'' February 20, 2002, pp. 1, A14.</ref>​