Wayne Lyman Morse was a United States Senator from Oregon from 1945 until 1969. He made a filibuster for 22 hours and 26 minutes in 1953 protesting the Tidelands Oil legislation, which at the time was the longest filibuster in Senate history. Morse was born to a farming family in Verona, Wisconsin, who imbued the political beliefs of Robert M. LaFollette, Sr. in their children. Wikipedia
The family moved to Eugene in 1929, where Morse took a position as assistant professor of law at the University of Oregon. nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv42426
New Theme of Inquiry 2007-2009 Democracy and Citizenship in the 21st Century Listen to Symposium Podcast October 8, 2007 Civil Rights and War Time Detention: Examining Guantnamo . Presented by the Wayne Morse Fellows. waynemorsecenter.uoregon.edu/
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