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{{Infobox officeholder
|name= Arthur Anthony Morrell
|image=Arthur Morrell of LA.png
|nationality=[[African American]]
|office=[[Louisiana]]State Representative for<br> District 97 (Orleans Parish)
|term_start=1984
|term_end=2006
|preceded=George C. "Nick" Connor, Jr.
|succeeded=Jean-Paul Morrell
|office2=Criminal Clerk of Court for Orleans Parish, [[Louisiana]]
|term_start2=July 2006
|term_end2=
|preceded2=Edwin A. Lombard
|succeeded2=[[Incumbent]]
|birth_date=March 22, 1943
|birth_place=[[New Orleans]]<br>Louisiana, USA
|residence=New Orleans
|spouse=Cynthia Hedge-Morrell
|children=Four sons, including:<br>
Todd, Nicholas, and<br>
Jean-Paul Morrell
|party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|religion=
|alma_mater=University of New Orleans<br>
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law}}
'''Arthur Anthony Morrell''' (born March 22, 1943),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=1181608|title=Arthur Morrell, March 1943|publisher=[[Louisiana Secretary of State]]|accessdate=April 24, 2015}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] and [[African-American]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. From 1984 to 2006, he represented District 97 in the [Louisiana House of Representatives. Since 2006, he has been the elected criminal clerk of court forOrleans Parish.
==Background==
Morrell received his education at the University of New Orleans and the [[Roman Catholic]] Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, dates missing.<ref name=aamorrell/>
Morrell and his wife, Cynthia Hedge-Morrell, a member from 2005 to 2014 of the New Orleans City Council, have four sons. Two, Todd and Nicholas Morrell, are officers of the New Orleans Police Department. Jean-Paul Morrell in 2006 succeeded his father as state representative and in 2009 entered the state Senate. Arthur and Jean-Paul Morrell operate Morrell & Morrelle, LLC, in New Orleans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/senators/senbiography.asp?SenID=3|title=Senator Jean-Paul "JP" Morrell (District 3) Biography|publisher=senate.la.gov|accessdate=April 23, 2015}}</ref>
He has also resided in [[Baton Rouge]], Prairieville in Ascension Parish, Mandeville in St. Tammany Parish, Newark, [[Delaware]], and [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], dates unavailable.<ref name=aamorrell>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=arthur&qmi=&qn=morrell&qcs=new+orleans%2C+la.&focusfirst=1|title=Arthur A. Morrell|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=April 24, 2015}}</ref>
==Political races==
In the nonpartisan blanket primary in October 1983, Morrell forced incumbent Democrat George C. "Nick" Connor, Jr., into a runoff election for the District 97 House seat. Connor nearly won outright with 5,032 votes (49.3 percent). Morrell, who enjoyed strong support from then-mayor [[Ernest Nathan Morial]], trailed with 4,009 votes (39 percent). A third Democrat held the remaining 1,164 (11 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 1983.</ref>. In the second balloting, Morrell upset Connor by 56 votes, 3,276 (50.4 percent) to 3,220 (49.6 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 19, 1983.</ref>
Morrell was unopposed for his second House term in 1987 and won handily for his third term in 1991, when he defeated fellow Democrat Donald Ray Pryor, 7,131 (66.3 percent) to 3,618 (33.7 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> Two intra-party rivals held Morrell to 59.7 percent in the 1995 primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State,
Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref> His tally increased to 76 percent in the 1999 primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> In his last House race in 2003, Morrell defeated fellow Democrat Andre Haydel, 6,747 (65 percent) to 3,628 (35 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref>
In 2004, Morrell polled 47,222 votes (2.6 percent) in the race for the [[United States Senate]] seat vacated by the Democrat [[John Breaux]]. Victory went to then U.S. Representative [[David Vitter]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]] from the [[suburb]]an 1st congressional district]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 2, 2004. Vitter held the seat for two terms and was an unsuccessful candidate for governor, having been defeated by the Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]].
In 2006, Representative Morrell was elected Criminal Clerk of Court in a runoff election with his fellow Democrat, Nick Varrecchio. Morrell polled 60,828 votes (58.05 percent) to Varrecchio's 43,960 (42.05 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, May 20, 2006.</ref> Morrell had led Varrecchio by four percentage poinst in the primary. Nine other candidates, including two |Republicans, were eliminated in the primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, April 22, 2006.</ref>
He then resigned his House seat, and his son, Jean-Paul, won the [[special election]] to succeed his father.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 30, 2006.<ref>
In 2010, Morrell won in a landslide for his second term as criminal court clerk. He polled 63,827 votes (82 percent) to the No-Party candidate, Harold E. Wieser, who drew 14,021 (18 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, February 6, 2010.</ref> In 2014, Morrell scored his third term as criminal clerk, with 56,626 votes (72.4 percent) to 21,595 (27.6 percent) for the No Party candidate, Robbie Keen.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, February 1, 2014.</ref> While Morrell was reelected as criminal clerk in 2014, his wife was defeated in her bid for an at-large seat on the city council.
In 2014, Morrell clashed with Stacy Head, the city council president, over the budget for the criminal court, which is mandated under the Louisiana Constitution but financed by the municipality. Head halted Morrell from presenting his 2015 budget figures because he did not have the information in a required standardized format, whereas other department heads followed the protocol. Morrell was also at times in disagreement with then New Orleans Mayor [[Mitch Landrieu]] over how much authority the city maintains over Morrell's budget. The Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit declared that though the city has authority over the court budget, it must be "fully funded" under state law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/10/morrell_dismissed_from_new_orl.html|title=Arthur Morrell dismissed from New Orleans city budget hearing|date=October 30, 2004|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=April 25, 2015}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Morrell, Arthur}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:African Americans]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
|name= Arthur Anthony Morrell
|image=Arthur Morrell of LA.png
|nationality=[[African American]]
|office=[[Louisiana]]State Representative for<br> District 97 (Orleans Parish)
|term_start=1984
|term_end=2006
|preceded=George C. "Nick" Connor, Jr.
|succeeded=Jean-Paul Morrell
|office2=Criminal Clerk of Court for Orleans Parish, [[Louisiana]]
|term_start2=July 2006
|term_end2=
|preceded2=Edwin A. Lombard
|succeeded2=[[Incumbent]]
|birth_date=March 22, 1943
|birth_place=[[New Orleans]]<br>Louisiana, USA
|residence=New Orleans
|spouse=Cynthia Hedge-Morrell
|children=Four sons, including:<br>
Todd, Nicholas, and<br>
Jean-Paul Morrell
|party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|religion=
|alma_mater=University of New Orleans<br>
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law}}
'''Arthur Anthony Morrell''' (born March 22, 1943),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=1181608|title=Arthur Morrell, March 1943|publisher=[[Louisiana Secretary of State]]|accessdate=April 24, 2015}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] and [[African-American]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. From 1984 to 2006, he represented District 97 in the [Louisiana House of Representatives. Since 2006, he has been the elected criminal clerk of court forOrleans Parish.
==Background==
Morrell received his education at the University of New Orleans and the [[Roman Catholic]] Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, dates missing.<ref name=aamorrell/>
Morrell and his wife, Cynthia Hedge-Morrell, a member from 2005 to 2014 of the New Orleans City Council, have four sons. Two, Todd and Nicholas Morrell, are officers of the New Orleans Police Department. Jean-Paul Morrell in 2006 succeeded his father as state representative and in 2009 entered the state Senate. Arthur and Jean-Paul Morrell operate Morrell & Morrelle, LLC, in New Orleans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/senators/senbiography.asp?SenID=3|title=Senator Jean-Paul "JP" Morrell (District 3) Biography|publisher=senate.la.gov|accessdate=April 23, 2015}}</ref>
He has also resided in [[Baton Rouge]], Prairieville in Ascension Parish, Mandeville in St. Tammany Parish, Newark, [[Delaware]], and [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], dates unavailable.<ref name=aamorrell>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=arthur&qmi=&qn=morrell&qcs=new+orleans%2C+la.&focusfirst=1|title=Arthur A. Morrell|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=April 24, 2015}}</ref>
==Political races==
In the nonpartisan blanket primary in October 1983, Morrell forced incumbent Democrat George C. "Nick" Connor, Jr., into a runoff election for the District 97 House seat. Connor nearly won outright with 5,032 votes (49.3 percent). Morrell, who enjoyed strong support from then-mayor [[Ernest Nathan Morial]], trailed with 4,009 votes (39 percent). A third Democrat held the remaining 1,164 (11 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 1983.</ref>. In the second balloting, Morrell upset Connor by 56 votes, 3,276 (50.4 percent) to 3,220 (49.6 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 19, 1983.</ref>
Morrell was unopposed for his second House term in 1987 and won handily for his third term in 1991, when he defeated fellow Democrat Donald Ray Pryor, 7,131 (66.3 percent) to 3,618 (33.7 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> Two intra-party rivals held Morrell to 59.7 percent in the 1995 primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State,
Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref> His tally increased to 76 percent in the 1999 primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref> In his last House race in 2003, Morrell defeated fellow Democrat Andre Haydel, 6,747 (65 percent) to 3,628 (35 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 4, 2003.</ref>
In 2004, Morrell polled 47,222 votes (2.6 percent) in the race for the [[United States Senate]] seat vacated by the Democrat [[John Breaux]]. Victory went to then U.S. Representative [[David Vitter]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]] from the [[suburb]]an 1st congressional district]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 2, 2004. Vitter held the seat for two terms and was an unsuccessful candidate for governor, having been defeated by the Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]].
In 2006, Representative Morrell was elected Criminal Clerk of Court in a runoff election with his fellow Democrat, Nick Varrecchio. Morrell polled 60,828 votes (58.05 percent) to Varrecchio's 43,960 (42.05 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, May 20, 2006.</ref> Morrell had led Varrecchio by four percentage poinst in the primary. Nine other candidates, including two |Republicans, were eliminated in the primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, April 22, 2006.</ref>
He then resigned his House seat, and his son, Jean-Paul, won the [[special election]] to succeed his father.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 30, 2006.<ref>
In 2010, Morrell won in a landslide for his second term as criminal court clerk. He polled 63,827 votes (82 percent) to the No-Party candidate, Harold E. Wieser, who drew 14,021 (18 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, February 6, 2010.</ref> In 2014, Morrell scored his third term as criminal clerk, with 56,626 votes (72.4 percent) to 21,595 (27.6 percent) for the No Party candidate, Robbie Keen.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, February 1, 2014.</ref> While Morrell was reelected as criminal clerk in 2014, his wife was defeated in her bid for an at-large seat on the city council.
In 2014, Morrell clashed with Stacy Head, the city council president, over the budget for the criminal court, which is mandated under the Louisiana Constitution but financed by the municipality. Head halted Morrell from presenting his 2015 budget figures because he did not have the information in a required standardized format, whereas other department heads followed the protocol. Morrell was also at times in disagreement with then New Orleans Mayor [[Mitch Landrieu]] over how much authority the city maintains over Morrell's budget. The Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit declared that though the city has authority over the court budget, it must be "fully funded" under state law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/10/morrell_dismissed_from_new_orl.html|title=Arthur Morrell dismissed from New Orleans city budget hearing|date=October 30, 2004|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=April 25, 2015}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Morrell, Arthur}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:African Americans]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]