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==Running for lieutenant governor, 1972==

==Running for lieutenant governor, 1972==

In 1972, Hudson was a candidate for lieutenant governor on the Republican ticket with gubernatorial hopeful [[David C. Treen]], then of Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], running against Democrat [[Edwin Edwards]]. Hudson spent some $40,000 on his race, with no assistance from the [[Republican National Committee]].<ref>"Lt. Governor Candidates Both Ask Responsibility," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' January 26, 1972, p. 1.</ref> Hudson polled only 218,169 votes (20.5 percent) to 815,794 (76.8 percent) for the successful Democrat, [[Jimmy Fitzmorris|James E. "Jimmy" Fitzmorris, Jr.]], a former member of the New Orleans City Council and an executive for Kansas City Southern Railroad. Hudson failed to win a single parish. He fared best in his home base of Caddo Parish, where he drew 43.6 percent of the vote. A third candidate in the race, Gertrude L. Taylor, also of Shreveport, nominee of [[George Wallace|George C. Wallace]]'s former [[American Independent Party]], received 2.7 percent of the vote. Her running-mate, [[Hall Lyons]], a Lafayette [[oil]]man and younger son of Charlton Lyons, withdrew from the gubernatorial contest in January and endorsed Treen.<ref>"Lyons Says Conservatives Should Unite With Treen," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' January 4, 1972, p. 1.</ref>​ But unlike his father, Hall Lyons had lost faith in the national Republican Party.

In 1972, Hudson was a candidate for lieutenant governor on the Republican ticket with gubernatorial hopeful [[David C. Treen]], then of Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], running against Democrat [[Edwin Edwards]]. Hudson spent some $40,000 on his race, with no assistance from the [[Republican National Committee]].<ref>"Lt. Governor Candidates Both Ask Responsibility," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' January 26, 1972, p. 1.</ref> Hudson polled only 218,169 votes (20.5 percent) to 815,794 (76.8 percent) for the successful Democrat, [[Jimmy Fitzmorris|James E. "Jimmy" Fitzmorris, Jr.]], a former member of the New Orleans City Council and an executive for Kansas City Southern Railroad. Hudson failed to win a single parish. He fared best in his home base of Caddo Parish, where he drew 43.6 percent of the vote. A third candidate in the race, Gertrude L. Taylor, also of Shreveport, nominee of [[George Wallace|George C. Wallace]]'s former [[American Independent Party]], received 2.7 percent of the vote. Her running-mate, [[Hall M. Lyons]], a Lafayette [[oil]]man and younger son of Charlton Lyons, withdrew from the gubernatorial contest in January and endorsed Treen.<ref>"Lyons Says Conservatives Should Unite With Treen," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' January 4, 1972, p. 1.</ref>​ But unlike his father, Hall Lyons had lost faith in the national Republican Party.

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Running for governor for the first time, Treen polled 42.8 percent, more than twice the number of votes obtained by Hudson.<ref>Louisiana  Secretary of State, General election returns, February 1, 1972.</ref> While Caddo Parish supported Fitzmorris over Hudson, it gave majorities to three unsuccessful Republican statewide candidates, Treen for governor, [[Tom Stagg]] of Shreveport for state attorney general against the Democrat [[William J. Guste]], and for  [[Robert Frye]], a native of Webster Parish  who ran for state education superintendent against the Democrat [[Louis J. Michot]] of Lafayette. ​At the time, the lieutenant governor was the presiding officer of the state Senate, but under the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, the office was shifted in focus so that the lieutenant governor presides over tourism and recreation. In that campaign, Hudson wore a friend's red-white-and-blue shoes. According to ''The Shreveport Times,''  Hudson repeated the patriotic color scheme in a 1976 visit to the [[White House]], wearing a red-white-and-blue tie that made him stand out among dozens of other people in gray suits, prompting President [[Gerald  Ford]], to remark, "It's so good to see someone here in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] with the bicentennial spirit!"​

Running for governor for the first time, Treen polled 42.8 percent, more than twice the number of votes obtained by Hudson.<ref>Louisiana  Secretary of State, General election returns, February 1, 1972.</ref> While Caddo Parish supported Fitzmorris over Hudson, it gave majorities to three unsuccessful Republican statewide candidates, Treen for governor, [[Tom Stagg]] of Shreveport for state attorney general against the Democrat [[William J. Guste]], and [[Robert Frye]], a native of Webster Parish  who ran for state education superintendent against the Democrat [[Louis J. Michot]] of Lafayette. ​At the time, the lieutenant governor was the presiding officer of the state Senate, but under the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, the office was shifted in focus so that the lieutenant governor presides over tourism and recreation. In that campaign, Hudson wore a friend's red-white-and-blue shoes. According to ''The Shreveport Times,''  Hudson repeated the patriotic color scheme in a 1976 visit to the [[White House]], wearing a red-white-and-blue tie that made him stand out among dozens of other people in gray suits, prompting President [[Gerald  Ford]], to remark, "It's so good to see someone here in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] with the bicentennial spirit!"​

 

==Supporting the mentally retarded==​

==Supporting the mentally challenged==​

Hudson and his first wife, the former Lucy North (July 17, 1919 &ndash; January 15, 1997) were the parents of a mentally disabled daughter, also named Lucy North Hudson. He became a founding member of both the Shreveport and the Louisiana Association for Retarded Children, and he was a director of the National Association for Retarded Citizens. He was vice chairman of the Louisiana Governor's Commission for Employment of the Handicapped, and was appointed by President Ford to the 24-member President's Committee on Mental Retardation. He delighted in playing [[Santa Claus]] at the White House [[Christmas]] party for handicapped children of the Washingtonarea. He was a founder of the Evergreen [[Presbyterian]] Vocational School north of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish and the Evergreen House, the forerunner of what became Providence House in Shreveport. His favorite hobby was [[dancing]].​<ref name=obit>Morley Hudson obituary, ''The Shreveport Times,''  June 16, 2001​.</ref>

Hudson and his first wife, the former Lucy North (July 17, 1919 &ndash; January 15, 1997) were the parents of a mentally disabled daughter, also named Lucy North Hudson. He became a founding member of both the Shreveport and the Louisiana Association for Retarded Children, and he was a director of the National Association for Retarded Citizens. He was vice chairman of the Louisiana Governor's Commission for Employment of the Handicapped, and was appointed by President Ford to the 24-member President's Committee on Mental Retardation. He delighted in playing [[Santa Claus]] at the White House [[Christmas]] party for handicapped children of the Washingtonarea. He was a founder of the Evergreen [[Presbyterian]] Vocational School north of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish and the Evergreen House, the forerunner of what became Providence House in Shreveport. His favorite hobby was [[dancing]].​<ref name=obit>Morley Hudson obituary, ''The Shreveport Times,''  June 16, 2001​.</ref>

 

==Death==​

==Death==

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In 1998, Hudson married the former Catherine Loyd Franks (1919-2012), a Shreveport native, a graduate of Clifton Ellis Byrd High School and Centenary College of Louisiana and the widow of the Shreveport [[veterinarian]], Robert Dean Franks, Sr., who died in 1987.<ref name=clfhobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=catherine-hudson&pid=158222335|title=Catherine Loyd Franks Hudson|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref> ​

In 1998, Hudson married the former Catherine Loyd Franks (1919-2012), a Shreveport native, a graduate of Clifton Ellis Byrd High School and Centenary College of Louisiana and the widow of the Shreveport [[veterinarian]], Robert Dean Franks, Sr., who died in 1987.<ref name=clfhobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=catherine-hudson&pid=158222335|title=Catherine Loyd Franks Hudson|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref> ​