 His estate, hotels and golf courses were an asset to the area and effectively kept Monterey from being developed into a seaside suburb.The Political Graveyard reports that he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1936 and a candidate for presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1944.Regarded as the "Duke of Del Monte", Morse continued to live at Del Monte in Pebble Beach until his death in May 1969.