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De Lesseps Story Morrison

deLesseps Story Morrison
Chep Morrison 1961.jpg
54th Mayor of New Orleans
In office
April 4, 1946 – July 17, 1961
Preceded by Robert Maestri
Succeeded by Victor H. Schiro
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
In office
1940–1946
Personal details
Born (1912-01-18)January 18, 1912
New Roads, Pointe Coupee Parish
Louisiana, U.S.
Died May 22, 1964(1964-05-22) (aged 52)
Ciudad Victoria, Mexico
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Corinne Waterman Morrison (married 1942-1959, her death)
Relations Jacob Haight Morrison (half-brother)
Children deLesseps Morrison, Jr. (1944–1996)
Corinne Ann Morrison (born 1947)
Randolph Waterman "Randy" Morrison (1956–1964)
Alma mater

Louisiana State University

Paul M. Hebert Law Center
Profession Lawyer
Military service
Nickname(s) Chep Morrison
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch  United States Army
Rank Major General
Battles/wars World War II

Louisiana State University

deLesseps Story Morrison, Sr., known as Chep Morrison (January 18, 1912 – May 22, 1964), was an American attorney and politician, who was the 54th mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana from 1946 to 1961. He then served as an appointee of U.S. President John F. Kennedy as the United States ambassador to the Organization of American States between 1961 and 1963.

New Orleans' peak population was reached during Morrison's mayoralty, when the 1960 census recorded 627,525 inhabitants, a 10 percent increase from 1950. Morrison ran three primary campaigns for the Louisiana Democratic gubernatorial nomination, but was unsuccessful. Since Louisiana's African Americans had been effectively disfranchised at the turn of the century, the Democratic primary was the only competitive election in the then one-party state.

Morrison was born to Jacob Haight Morrison, III (1875–1929), a district attorney in Pointe Coupee Parish, and his wife, the former Anita Olivier, a New Orleans socialite, in New Roads, the Pointe Coupee parish seat of government. The boy was named after deLesseps Story, a respected New Orleans judge to whom he was related on his mother's side; the family was related to Ferdinand de Lesseps and Sidney Story, an alderman for whom the New Orleans area of Storyville was named.


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