Mo Udall

Morris King "Mo" Udall (born June 15, 1922 in St. Johns , Arizona , † December 12, 1998 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who worked for the state of Arizona from 1961 to 1991 in US House of Representatives . The tall man was a professional basketball player with the Denver Nuggets before his political career . The staunch environmental politician was known for his liberal views and humor.

The reporter David Broder called him "too funny to be president ", which is also the title of Udall's autobiography in the 1980s. In 1976 Udall had only narrowly lost the presidential election primaries to future incumbent Jimmy Carter . In 1996 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom .

His brother Stewart Udall was Home Secretary under John F. Kennedy . Udall's son Mark represented the state of Colorado in the US House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009 before moving to the Senate within Congress .

Point Udall , the westernmost point in the United States, is named after him.

literature

Morris K. Udall: Too Funny to Be President, University of Arizona Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-8165-2175-3
Donald W. Carson / James W. Johnson: Mo: The Life and Times of Morris K. Udal, University of Arizona Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8165-2449-5
Morris K. Udall / Donald G. Tacheron: Job of the Congressman: An Introduction to Service in the US House of Representatives, MacMillan Publishing Company, 1970, ISBN 978-0-672-51416-6
Morris K. Udall: Education of a Congressman: The Newsletters of Morris K. Udall, Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. 1972, ISBN 978-0-672-51744-0
Ward Sinclair: Morris Udall: The one-eyed Mormon Arizona Democrat (The citizen's guide to the 1976 presidential candidates), Capitol Hill News Service, 1976
Morris K. Udall: Alternative remedies for industrial injuries, Arizona Weekly Gazette, 1957
Morris K. Udall: Demonstrative, scientific and experimental evidence in Arizona, Arizona Weekly Gazette, 1959
Morris K. Udall: Arizona Law Of Evidence, West, St. Paul 1969
Morris K. Udall: Distribution And Exploration Of Alaska And California Crude Oil, 1978
Morris K. Udall: Media conglomerates: Will the government have to step in ?, 1978
Morris K. Udall (Committee Chairman): Accident at the Three Miles Island Nuclear Powerplant: Oversight Hearings Before a Task Force of the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment (2 volumes), Government Print Office, 1979
Morris K. Udall (Committee Chairman): Nuclear Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP): Oversight Hearings Before a Task Force of the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, Government Print Office, 1979
Morris K. Udall et al: Wood Use US Competitiveness and Technology, US Government, 1983

Web links

Commons : Mo Udall - collection of images, videos and audio files

Mo Udall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
Morris K. Udall - A Liftetime of Service to Arizona and the United States, University of Arizona Library Manuscript Collection

personal data
SURNAME	Udall, Mon.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Udall, Morris King
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician and basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH	June 15, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Johns , Arizona
DATE OF DEATH	December 12, 1998
Place of death	Washington, DC