William S. Morris
William S. Morris | |
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39th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri | |
In office January 1969 – January 1973 | |
Governor | Warren E. Hearnes |
Preceded by | Thomas Eagleton |
Succeeded by | Bill Phelps |
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William S. Morris (November 8, 1919 – March 4, 1975) was an American politician who served as the 39th
Biography
Morris was born in
Morris founded the Kansas City Blues Hockey Club in 1967 as the top minor-league affiliate of the National Hockey League's St. Louis Blues and worked tirelessly to bring NHL hockey to Kansas City. Morris headed up one of four local groups who placed bids for a Kansas City franchise in 1972 while also pursuing the Democratic nomination for Missouri governor. Morris ultimately was not awarded the NHL team and lost the primary race to Edward Dowd of St. Louis. Dowd was defeated by Republican Christopher Bond in the November general election. (Icing on the Plains: The Rough Ride of Kansas City's NHL Scouts, pp. 22-23)
He was appointed Public Administrator of Jackson County, Missouri by former Missouri Governor John M. Dalton. Morris served as the 39th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri from January 1969 to January 1973 under Governor Warren Hearnes.
Morris was a
Morris suffered a heart attack in November 1974. On January 27, 1975, Morris underwent open heart surgery at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City but never recovered. (p. 138)
Morris was married to the former Lucile Albers, also of Higginsville, Missouri and had one daughter, Lisa.
References
Icing on the Plains: The Rough Ride of Kansas City's NHL Scouts, Troy Treasure, 2018, Balboa Press
- ^ "History of the Office of Lieutenant Governor". Missouri Office of the Lieutenant Governor. Retrieved 2018-05-03.