Morris K. Udall

A Representative from Arizona. Born in St. Johns, Apache County, Ariz. , June 15, 1922. Attended the public schools. Graduated from high school, 1940. Attended the University of Arizona. J. D. , University of Arizona, 1949. United States Army, 1942-1946. Professional basketball player. Lawyer, private practice. County attorney, Pima County, Ariz. , 1953-1954. Lecturer, University of Arizona College of Law, 1956-1957. Bank executive. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of his brother, United States Representative Stewart Lee Udall, and reelected to the fifteen succeeding Congresses. Served until his resignation on May 4, 1991 (May 2, 1961-May 4, 1991). Unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1976. Chair, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Ninety-fifth through One Hundred Second Congresses). Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President William J. Clinton, 1996. Died on December 12, 1998, in Washington, D. C. Interment at St. Johns Cemetery, St. Johns, Ariz.