Azie Taylor Morton (February 1, 1936 – December 7, 2003) was the Treasurer of the United States during the Carter administration from September 12, 1977, to January 20, 1981.

[1] Morton was born to Fleta Hazel Taylor in a rural African-American enclave called the St. John Colony in the farming community of Dale, Texas.

Before becoming treasurer, Taylor served on President John F. Kennedy's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity.

From 1972 to 1976, she was a special assistant to Robert Schwarz Strauss, the chair of the Democratic National Committee.

[4] On December 6, 2003, Morton suffered a stroke at her home in Bastrop County, Texas, and she died of complications the next day.