Morse, Wayne L. (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974
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Born in Madison, Wisconsin, and educated at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota Law School, Morse moved to Oregon in 1930 and began teaching at the University of Oregon School of Law. During World War II, he was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Republican; he became an Independent after Dwight D. Eisenhower's election to the presidency in 1952. While an independent, he set a record for performing the third-longest one-person filibuster in the history of the Senate.[2] Morse joined the Democratic Party in February 1955, and was reelected twice while a member of that party.
Morse made a brief run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 1960. In 1964, Morse was one of two senators to oppose the later-to-become-controversial Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. It authorized the president to take military action in Vietnam without a declaration of war. He continued to speak out against the war in the ensuing years, and lost his 1968 bid for reelection to Bob Packwood, who criticized his strong opposition to the war. Morse made two more bids for reelection to the Senate before his death in 1974.
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referencedIn | [Memorial service] [sound recording]. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Abell, Ron. Ron Abell memoir on Wayne Morse's 1968 re-election campaign for governor of Oregon, 2005 | University of Oregon Libraries | |
referencedIn | Arthur H. Vandenberg papers, 1884-1974, 1915-1951 | Bentley Historical Library | |
referencedIn | Arthur Robert Smith papers, 1931-1966 | Oregon Historical Society Research Library | |
referencedIn | Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, 1910-1994 (bulk 1922-1991) | Oregon State University SpecialCollections & Archives Research Center, The ValleyLibrary | |
referencedIn | Barton, Bruce, 1886-1967. Papers, 1881-1967. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
referencedIn | Baukhage, Hilmar R. (Hilmar Robert), b. 1889. Papers, 1906-1962. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
referencedIn | Benton, William, 1900-1973. Papers, 1951-1961. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
referencedIn | Bergman, Elihu. Letter, 1978 Sept. 14. | University of Oregon Libraries | |
referencedIn | Blaine Hallock letter to Wayne L. Morse, 1952 June 30 | Oregon Historical Society Research Library |
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referencedIn | Papers of Drew Pearson. 1915 - 1969. Files from the Georgetown Office and Residence | Lyndon Baines Johnson Library |
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associatedWith | Abell, Ron |
associatedWith | Abell, Ron. |
associatedWith | Bain, Read, 1892- |
associatedWith | Barnes, Joseph, 1907-1970. |
associatedWith | Barton, Bruce, 1886-1967. |
associatedWith | Baukhage, Hilmar R. (Hilmar Robert), b. 1889. |
associatedWith | Benton, William, 1900-1973. |
associatedWith | Bergman, Elihu. |
associatedWith | Bonbright, James C. (James Cummings), 1891-1985. |
associatedWith | Bowles, Chester, 1901-1986. |
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Birth 1900-10-20
Death 1974-07-22
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