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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 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.''', also known as '''Jimmy Morrison''' (December 8, 1908 &ndash; 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000995​|title=Morrison, James Hobson|publisher=bioguide.congress.gov|accessdate=October 31, 2019}}</ref>

'''James Hobson Morrison, Sr.''', also known as '''Jimmy Morrison''' (December 8, 1908 &ndash; 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000995​|title=Morrison, James Hobson|publisher=bioguide.congress.gov|accessdate=October 31, 2019}}</ref>

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.

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 Rarick]], a former state district court [[judge]] in St. Francisville in  West Feliciana Parish.

==Background==

==Background==

On November 8, 1960, [[Republican Party|Republicans]] offered the native [[Pennsylvania]]n, [[Charles H. Dillemuth]] as their nominee against Morrison. A Baton Rouge [[business]]man with an impressive war record for whom a local humanitarian award is named, Dillemuth polled only 14.4 percent of the vote.​<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 8, 1960.</ref>

On November 8, 1960, [[Republican Party|Republicans]] offered the native [[Pennsylvania]]n, [[Charles H. Dillemuth]] as their nominee against Morrison. A Baton Rouge [[business]]man with an impressive war record for whom a local humanitarian award is named, Dillemuth polled only 14.4 percent of the vote.​<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 8, 1960.</ref>

In 1964, the Republican businessman Floyd O. Crawford (1907-1995) of Baton Rouge, formerly from [[Illinois]], ran a stronger race than had Dillemuth. However, Crawford too was defeated, 48,715 votes (37.1 percent) to Morrison's 82,686 (62.9 percent). Crawford was aided by the presence of [[Barry Goldwater]] at the top of the [[Republican Party|GOP]] ticket, and he won majorities in three parishes near Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, and St. Helena . Crawford won those parishes a year prior to adoption of the pivotal [[Voting Rights Act]] of 1965, which would thereafter turn all three of those predominantly [[African-American]] parishes into Democratic strongholds.

In 1964, the Republican businessman Floyd O. Crawford (1907-1995) of Baton Rouge, formerly from [[Illinois]], ran a stronger race than had Dillemuth. However, Crawford too was defeated, 48,715 votes (37.1 percent) to Morrison's 82,686 (62.9 percent). Crawford was aided by the presence of [[Barry Goldwater]] at the top of the [[Republican Party|GOP]] ticket, and he won majorities in three parishes near Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, and St. Helena . Crawford won those parishes a year prior to adoption of the pivotal [[Voting Rights Act]] of 1965, which would thereafter turn all three of those predominantly [[African-American]] parishes into Democratic strongholds.

Crawford's modest but burgeoning support may have encouraged stronger opposition to Morrison to emerge in 1966. Another factor was Morrison's support of the aforementioned Voting Rights Act, followed by a so-called "backlash" of new white registrants who in some cases neutralized the effect of increased voting registration by blacks.<ref name=timemag>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,842857-1,00.html|title=The Turning Point|publisher=''[[Time Magazine]]''|date=October 7, 1966|accessed October 31, 2019; under pay wall}}</ref> The increased African American registration was less than what the Morrison camp expected, and the Voting Rights Act also removed the formal barrier against registration by subliterate whites. In the Democratic primary, a candidate named "James E. Morrison" (not the incumbent James H. Morrison), received thousands of votes without campaigning — enough votes to embarrass the incumbent into a runoff. In a campaign vitriolic even by Louisiana standards, Morrison, advertising Rarick as "the [[Ku Klux Klan|Klan]]'s man from Indiana" with a picture of a cross burning, alleged that James E. Morrison's name on the ballot was the result of a conspiracy by Rarick's supporters. Rarick countered by saying that the incumbent had voted to put "thousands of illiterates on the voter rolls" and should  pay the consequences.<ref name=timemag/>

Crawford's modest but burgeoning support may have encouraged stronger opposition to Morrison to emerge in 1966. Another factor was Morrison's support of the aforementioned Voting Rights Act, followed by a so-called "backlash" of new white registrants who in some cases neutralized the effect of increased voting registration by blacks.<ref name=timemag>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,842857-1,00.html|title=The Turning Point|publisher=''[[Time Magazine]]''|date=October 7, 1966|accessed October 31, 2019; under pay wall}}</ref> The increased African American registration was less than what the Morrison camp expected, and the Voting Rights Act also removed the formal barrier against registration by subliterate whites. In the Democratic primary, a candidate named "James E. Morrison" (not the incumbent James H. Morrison), received thousands of votes without campaigning — enough votes to embarrass the incumbent into a runoff. In a campaign vitriolic even by Louisiana standards, Morrison, advertising Rarick as "the [[Ku Klux Klan|Klan]]'s man from Indiana" with a picture of a cross burning, alleged that James E. Morrison's name on the ballot was the result of a conspiracy by Rarick's supporters. Rarick countered by saying that the incumbent had voted to put "thousands of illiterates on the voter rolls" and should  pay the consequences.<ref name=timemag/>

Morrison donated his congressional papers to the Archives and Special Collections Department of Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. His photographic collection of national leaders, family, and campaign events are displayed in the Linus A. Sims Memorial Library in what is called the "Morrison Room." Linus Arthur Sims (1882-1949) was the principal founder of Southeastern University and the father of Morrison's former law partner, Joseph Sims.  After the donation of his papers to SLU, Morrison valued this donation at $1.6 million and attempted to take an [[income tax]] reduction of over $61,100 over a five-year period. The United States Tax Court held that Morrison failed to establish the claimed deduction.<ref>''Morrison v. Commissioner'', 71 T.C. 683, 1979 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 183.</ref> On appeal, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the Tax Court.<ref>''Morrison v. Commissioner'', 611 F.2d 98 (5th Cir. 1980).</ref>

Morrison donated his congressional papers to the Archives and Special Collections Department of Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. His photographic collection of national leaders, family, and campaign events are displayed in the Linus A. Sims Memorial Library in what is called the "Morrison Room." Linus Arthur Sims (1882-1949) was the principal founder of Southeastern University and the father of Morrison's former law partner, Joseph Sims.  After the donation of his papers to SLU, Morrison valued this donation at $1.6 million and attempted to take an [[income tax]] reduction of over $61,100 over a five-year period. The United States Tax Court held that Morrison failed to establish the claimed deduction.<ref>''Morrison v. Commissioner'', 71 T.C. 683, 1979 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 183.</ref> On appeal, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the Tax Court.<ref>''Morrison v. Commissioner'', 611 F.2d 98 (5th Cir. 1980).</ref>

Morrison patronized the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies at Southeastern University. In 1995, Dr. John Miller, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, inaugurated the annual James H. Morrison Lecture on Politics and Government at Southeastern. Political figures from both parties have delivered Morrison lectures, including Democratic former [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Breaux]] and Jack A. "Jay" Blossman, Jr., the Republican former chairman of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, on which he no longer serves.

Morrison patronized the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies at Southeastern University. In 1995, Dr. John Miller, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, inaugurated the annual James H. Morrison Lecture on Politics and Government at Southeastern. Political figures from both parties have delivered Morrison lectures, including Democratic former [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Breaux]] and [[Jay Blossman]], the Republican former chairman of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, on which he no longer serves.

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