Editing Mo Udall (section)

{{Short description|American politician (1922–1998)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Mo Udall
| image               = Representative Mo Udall Listens (cropped).png
| caption             = Udall in 1976
| office              = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Natural Resources|House Interior Committee]]
| term_start          = January 3, 1977
| term_end            = May 4, 1991
| predecessor         = [[James A. Haley]]
| successor           = [[George Miller (California politician)|George Miller]]
| state1              = [[Arizona]]
| district1           = {{ushr|AZ|2|2nd}}
| term_start1         = May 2, 1961
| term_end1           = May 4, 1991
| predecessor1        = [[Stewart Udall]]
| successor1          = [[Ed Pastor]]
| birth_name          = Morris King Udall
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1922|6|15}}
| birth_place         = [[St. Johns, Arizona]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1998|12|12|1922|6|15}}
| death_place         = Washington, D.C., U.S.
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse              = {{Unbulleted list|{{Marriage|Patricia Emery|1949|1966|end=div}}|{{Marriage|Ella Royston|1968|1988|end=died}}|{{Marriage|Norma Gilbert|1989|}}}}
| children            = 5, including [[Mark Udall|Mark]]
| alma_mater          = [[University of Arizona]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of Denver]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| branch              = [[United States Army Air Forces|Army Air Forces]]
| serviceyears        = 1942–1946
| rank                = [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]]
| battles             = [[World War II]]
* [[Asiatic-Pacific Theater]]
| module              = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Rep. Mo Udall Speaks on The Humane City.ogg|title=Mo Udall's voice|type=speech|description=Mo Udall on the possible end of [[suburbanization]]<br/>Recorded September 10, 1975}}
}}

'''Morris King Udall''' (June 15, 1922 – December 12, 1998) was an American attorney and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politician who served as a [[U.S. representative]] from [[Arizona]] from May 2, 1961, to May 4, 1991. He was a leading contender for the [[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1976|1976 Democratic presidential nomination]], but ultimately lost to eventual president, [[Jimmy Carter]]. Udall was noted by many for his independent and [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] views.<ref name="biographical_info_arizona_edu">[http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/udall/mobio.html "Biographical Information,"] on the [http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/udall/ Morris K. Udall website section – MS 325 –] of the [[University of Arizona]] Library Manuscript Collection, retrieved July 23, 2018</ref><ref name="this_fella_from_arizona_1981_11_audubon">[[James M. Perry|Perry, James M.]], reporter, ''[[National Observer (United States)|National Observer]],'' [http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/udall/fella_htm.html "This Fella from Arizona"], in ''[[Audubon (magazine)|Audubon]],'' November 1981, pp. 64–73, [[National Audubon Society]], as reproduced on the [http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/udall/ Morris K. Udall website section – MS 325 –] of the [[University of Arizona]] Library Manuscript Collection, retrieved July 23, 2018</ref><ref name="obit_1998_12_14_new_york_times">Severo, Richard, [https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/14/nyregion/morris-k-udall-fiercely-liberal-congressman-dies-at-76.html "Morris K_ Udall, Fiercely Liberal Congressman, Dies at 76,"] December 14, 1998, ''[[New York Times]],'' retrieved July 23, 2018</ref><ref name="obit_1998_12_14_washington_post">Pearson, Richard, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/dec98/udall14.htm "Environmental Leader Rep. Mo Udall Dies,"] December 14, 1998, ''[[Washington Post]],'' retrieved July 23, 2018</ref>

In 1961, Udall won a special election to succeed his brother, [[Stewart Udall]], as the congressman for [[Arizona's 2nd congressional district]].  In Congress, Udall became a prominent and popular figure for his independent ways, his leading role in the [[conservation (ethic)|conservation]] and [[environmental protection]] movements, his key role in reforming [[United States Congress|Congress]] and [[campaign finance|political campaigns]], and his pioneering role in opposing the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name="biographical_info_arizona_edu" /><ref name="this_fella_from_arizona_1981_11_audubon" /><ref name="will_rogers_1974_12_new_york_magazine">Latham, Aaron, [http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/udall/presidnt_htm.html "Will Rogers is Running for President,"] December 1974, ''[[New York Magazine]],'' as reproduced on the [http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/udall/ Morris K. Udall website section – MS 325 –] of the [[University of Arizona]] Library Manuscript Collection, retrieved July 23, 2018</ref><ref name="obit_1998_12_14_new_york_times" />

Udall [[1976 Democratic Party presidential primaries|sought the Democratic Party nomination]] in the [[1976 United States presidential election|1976 presidential election]], but was defeated by [[Jimmy Carter]]. He supported [[Ted Kennedy]]'s strong challenge to Carter in the [[1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries|1980 Democratic primary]], and delivered the keynote address at the [[1980 Democratic National Convention]].<ref name="biographical_info_arizona_edu" /><ref name="obit_1998_12_14_new_york_times" /><ref name="obit_1998_12_14_washington_post" />

Udall served as chairman of the [[United States House Committee on Natural Resources|House Interior Committee]] from 1977 to 1991. Diagnosed with [[Parkinson's disease]] in 1980, he resigned from Congress in 1991 as the effects of the disease worsened. He died in 1998.<ref name="biographical_info_arizona_edu" /><ref name="this_fella_from_arizona_1981_11_audubon" /><ref name="obit_1998_12_14_washington_post" /> His son, [[Mark Udall]], represented [[Colorado]] in the [[United States Senate]] from 2009 to 2015, and his nephew [[Tom Udall]] served as a [[United States Senator]] from [[New Mexico]] from 2009 to 2021.<ref name="obit_1998_12_14_washington_post" /> Both also served multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.