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|term_end=January 3, 1967
|term_end=January 3, 1967
|preceded=Jared Y. Sanders, Jr.
|preceded=Jared Y. Sanders, Jr.
|succeeded=John Richard Rarick]]
|succeeded=John Richard Rarick
|birth_date=December 8, 1908
|birth_date=December 8, 1908
|birth_place==Hammond<br> Tangipahoa Parish<br> [[Louisiana]], USA
|birth_place==Hammond<br> Tangipahoa Parish<br> [[Louisiana]], USA
'''James Hobson Morrison, Sr.''', known as '''Jimmy Morrison''' (December 8, 1908 – July 20, 2000), was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for [[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 re-nomination in 1966 by the strongly [[conservative]] John Richard Rarick (1924-2009), a former state district court judge in St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish.
'''James Hobson Morrison, Sr.''', known as '''Jimmy Morrison''' (December 8, 1908 – July 20, 2000), was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for [[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 re-nomination in 1966 by the strongly [[conservative]] John Richard Rarick (1924-2009), a former state district court judge in St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish.
==Background===
==Background==
Born in Hammond, the principal city of Tangipahoa Parish, one the "Florida Parishes" east of the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], Morrison was the son of [[banker]]-[[merchant]] Benjamin M. Morrison and the former Florence Hobson (1878–1972), originally from Greensboro in Hale County in the western Black Belt region of [[Alabama]].
Born in Hammond, the principal city of Tangipahoa Parish, one the "Florida Parishes" east of the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], Morrison was the son of [[banker]]-[[merchant]] Benjamin M. Morrison and the former Florence Hobson (1878–1972), originally from Greensboro in Hale County in the western Black Belt region of [[Alabama]].
A maternal uncle, Richmond Pearson Hobson (1870-1937) was a naval hero of the [[Spanish–American War]] and later served five terms in the U. S. House from Alabama.
A maternal uncle, Richmond Pearson Hobson (1870-1937) was a naval hero of the [[Spanish–American War]] and later served five terms in the U. S. House from Alabama.
Morrison was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of1956 and 1960 and supported the [[Adlai Stevenson]] and [[John F. Kennedy]] tickets, respectively. Morrison was not related to New Orleans [[Mayor]] deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr. (1912-1964), though the two often agreed politically and both ran unsuccessfully for governor on three occasions. After his defeat for Congress, Morrison resumed his law practice in Hammond. Rarick served in the House seat from 1967 to 1975, only a third of the tenure that Morrison accumulated.
Morrison was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of1956 and 1960 and supported the [[Adlai Stevenson]] and [[John F. Kennedy]] tickets, respectively. Morrison was not related to New Orleans [[Mayor]] deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr. (1912-1964), though the two often agreed politically and both ran unsuccessfully for governor on three occasions. After his defeat for Congress, Morrison resumed his law practice in Hammond. Rarick served in the House seat from 1967 to 1975, only a third of the tenure that Morrison accumulated.
==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==
Morrison died of a [[heart attack]] after a series of [[stroke]]s. His last residence was in Loranger in central Tangipahoa Parish. He is interred at the Episcopal Church Cemetery in Hammond. U.S. Route 51, a main north-south thoroughfare through Hammond, was renamed Morrison Boulevard in honor of the congressman.
Morrison died of a [[heart attack]] after a series of [[stroke]]s. His last residence was in Loranger in central Tangipahoa Parish. He is interred at the Episcopal Church Cemetery in Hammond. U.S. Route 51, a main north-south thoroughfare through Hammond, was renamed Morrison Boulevard in honor of the congressman.