Changes

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!"​

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 challenged==​

==Supporting the handicapped==

​

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>