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|alma_mater=Hotchkiss School<br>

|alma_mater=Hotchkiss School<br>

[[Yale University]]

[[Yale University]]

|spouse=Katharine "Kathy" Hancock Allen Morton​

|spouse=Katharine "Kathy" Hancock Allen Morton​ (married 1948-2002, his death)

Father-in-law: Robert Gray Allen

Father-in-law: Robert Gray Allen

|children=Frederick Lee "Ted" Morton​

|children=Frederick Lee "Ted" Morton​

==As House Speaker==

==As House Speaker==

Representative Morton worked to pass a sunset law in Wyoming, by which state bureaus must justify their existence. He attempted to establish a four-year institution of higher education in Casper but was defeated by pressure from the University of Wyoming in [[Cheyenne]] and the community colleges, which opposed a second four-year college in such a thinly populated state. He proposed using severance tax revenues to build a water-delivery system for Cheyenne, reimburse counties for a third of their property taxes,<ref name=googlebooks/>

Speaker Morton worked to pass a sunset law in Wyoming, by which state bureaus must justify their existence. He attempted to establish a four-year institution of higher education in Casper but was defeated by pressure from the University of Wyoming in [[Cheyenne]] and the community colleges, which opposed a second four-year college in such a thinly populated state. He proposed using severance tax revenues to build a water-delivery system for Cheyenne, to reimburse counties for a third of their needed property taxes, and to issue $160 million in bonds to aid cities affected by the energy boom.<ref name=googlebooks/>

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 was an atypical Wyoming Republican. He supported  [[abortion]] and [[gun control]], the latter 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>​

Marlene Simons of Beulah, who was a freshman representative when Morton was Speaker, said that he had been a mentor to beginning legislators, seating them among the more experienced lawmakers. "He ran a tight ship. He was a kind, gentle man, but he was stern."<ref name=cst/>

Marlene Simons of Beulah, who was a freshman representative when Morton was Speaker, said that he had been a mentor to beginning legislators, seating them among the more experienced lawmakers. "He ran a tight ship. He was a kind, gentle man, but he was stern."<ref name=cst/>