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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 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 – 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 – 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 Rarick]], 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==
Born in Hammond, the principal city of Tangipahoa Parish, one the "Florida Parishes" east of the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], Morrison was a son of [[banker]]-[[merchant]] Benjamin M. Morrison and the former Florence Hobson (1878–1972), a native of 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000667|title=Hobson, Richmond Pearson|publisher=bioguide.congress.gov|accessdate=October 31,. 2019}}</ref>
Born in Hammond, the principal city of Tangipahoa Parish, one the "Florida Parishes" east of the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], Morrison was a son of [[banker]]-[[merchant]] Benjamin M. Morrison and the former Florence Hobson (1878–1972), a native of 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000667|title=Hobson, Richmond Pearson|publisher=bioguide.congress.gov|accessdate=October 31,. 2019}}</ref>