Career
Morrison was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1940, and chair of the Frontier County Democratic Party the same year. He ran for the U.S. House of Representatives twice in 1948 and 1954. He ran for United States Senate in 1958, 1966 and 1970 but lost all three elections. He lost to Roman L. Hruska in 1958 and 1970 while in 1966 he lost to Carl T. Curtis.
Morrison secured the Democratic nomination for Governor of Nebraska and won the general election in 1960. He won reelection in 1962 and also in 1964. During his governorship, he worked to improve the University, particularly the scientific research and the agricultural departments, a state employees' retirement plan was initiated, a state income tax was sanctioned, and the state's accounting system was restructured. He signed legislation for Educational Television which led to the establishment of the statewide public television network, an act he said was his most important.
After leaving office, Morrison was appointed, in 1968, as food consultant for the Agency for International Development in India. From 1971 to 1974, he was the Douglas County public defender.
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