Rogers Morton

Rogers Clark Ballard Morton (September 19, 1914 – April 19, 1979) was an American politician. He was the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Commerce during the administrations of Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald Ford. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland between 1963 until 1971.
Morton died on April 19, 1979 in Easton, Maryland from prostate cancer at the age of 64.