He graduated from Lebanon High School in 1961, and went on to earn degrees from Oregon State University and Northwest Christian College.
The race was one of six that year that were considered likely to affect party control of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, and that attracted hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions.
[3] In 2006, Morse delivered a speech on globalization, and specifically on Thomas Friedman's book The World Is Flat, to the Friends of the Albany Public Library.
[6] In 2007, Morse proposed a comprehensive reform to Oregon's tax system, along with Democratic Senators Ben Westlund, Ryan Deckert, and Kurt Schrader.
The plan, which would have included a sales tax, promised to raise more revenue while costing individual Oregon taxpayers less.
[9] Morse resigned halfway through his third term,[1] and the county commissioners in his district appointed Betsy Close as his successor.