# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thruston-ballard-morton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:08:52.123Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thruston-ballard-morton"
name: "Thruston Ballard Morton"
slug: "thruston-ballard-morton"
description: "Thruston Ballard Morton was an American politician. A Republican, Morton represented Kentucky's 3rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 and Kentucky in the U.S. Senate from 1957 to 1968. From 1953 to 1956, Morton was Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was later chair of the Republican National Committee from 1959 to 1961."
tagline: "American politician (1907–1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thruston_B_Morton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1907-08-19"
deathDate: "1982-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.11
  momentum:             1.967213114754098
  historical:           7.211484
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ثرستون بالارد مورتون"
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    title: "ת'ראסטון מורטון"
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    title: "Thruston Ballard Morton"
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    title: "Thruston Ballard Morton"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump