James H. Morrison
| James Hobson "Jimmy" Morrison Sr. | |
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Jimmy Morrison in 1939
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th district |
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In office January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1967 |
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| Preceded by | Jared Y. Sanders, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | John Rarick |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 8, 1908 Hammond, Louisiana |
| Died | July 20, 2000 (aged 91) Hammond, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Marjorie Abbey Morrison (married 1940–2000, his death) |
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James Hobson Morrison, Jr. |
| Residence |
Hammond, Louisiana Tangipahopa Parish |
| Alma mater | Tulane University School of Law |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
James Hobson Morrison, Jr.
Hammond, Louisiana
James Hobson Morrison Sr. (December 8, 1908 – July 20, 2000), known as Jimmy Morrison, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th congressional district, who held the position from 1943 to 1967. Considered to have been a liberal by southern standards at the time, Morrison was denied party renomination in 1966 by the strongly conservative John Rarick, an attorney and former state district court judge in St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish in south Louisiana, who died in 2009.
Morrison was born in Hammond, the principal city of Tangipahoa Parish, one the "Florida Parishes" east of the capital city of Baton Rouge, to banker-merchant Benjamin M. Morrison and the former Florence Hobson (1878–1972) of Greensboro in Hale County in the western Black Belt of Alabama. A maternal uncle, Richmond Pearson Hobson was a naval hero of the Spanish–American War and later served five terms in the U. S. House from Alabama.
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