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==Background==

==Background==

Morrison was born in New Roads in Pointe Coupee Parish in east Louisiana, a son of Jacob Haight Morrison, III (1975-1929), the district attorney for the 18th Judicial District, and the former Anita Oliver.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207447736/jacob-haight-morrison|title=Jacob Haight Morrison, III|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' indicates that Morrison's mother was Anita Olivier (not Oliver) Morrison.</ref> whose years of birth and death are unavailable. He graduated from Poydras Academy in New Roads and in 1932 from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. Two years later he received his law degree from the LSU Law Center. In the [[Great Depression]], Morrison became a trial [[attorney]] with the [[New Deal]] agency, the [[National Recovery Administration]].<ref name=lahist/>  

Morrison was born in New Roads in Pointe Coupee Parish in east Louisiana, a son of Jacob Haight Morrison, III (1975-1929), the district attorney for the 18th Judicial District,<ref>Jacob Morrison died in office after twenty years as 18th Judicial Court district attorney and was succeeded in the post by former Lieutenant Governor [[Hewitt Bouanchaud]], a member of another old family in New Roads.</ref> and the former Anita Oliver.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207447736/jacob-haight-morrison|title=Jacob Haight Morrison, III|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' indicates that Morrison's mother was Anita Olivier (not Oliver) Morrison.</ref> whose years of birth and death are unavailable. He graduated from Poydras Academy in New Roads and in 1932 from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. Two years later he received his law degree from the LSU Law Center. In the [[Great Depression]], Morrison became a trial [[attorney]] with the [[New Deal]] agency, the [[National Recovery Administration]].<ref name=lahist/>  

In 1936, Morrison began a  legal partnership with his half-brother [[Jacob Haight Morrison, IV]], and [[Hale Boggs]], later the long-term [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. Boggs' wife and successor in the House, Corinne Claiborne "Lindy" Boggs (1916-2013), was a cousin of Chep Morrison.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-m/|title=Morrison, DeLesseps Story|publisher=''A  Dictionary of Louisiana Politics'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses the sources for its article on Mayor Morrison: Edward F. Haas, ''DeLesseps S. Morrison and the Image of Reform: New Orleans Politics, 1946-1961'' (1974); Edward Haas, “DeLesseps S. Morrison and the Governorship: A Reassessment,” ''Louisiana Studies,'' XV (1976); Michael L. Kurtz, “deLesseps S. Morrison: Political Reformer,” ''Louisiana History,'' XVII (1976), and Joseph B. Parker, ''The Morrison Era: Reform Politics in New Orleans'' (1974).</ref>

In 1936, Morrison began a  legal partnership with his half-brother [[Jacob Haight Morrison, IV]], and [[Hale Boggs]], later the long-term [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. Boggs' wife and successor in the House, Corinne Claiborne "Lindy" Boggs (1916-2013), was a cousin of Chep Morrison.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-m/|title=Morrison, DeLesseps Story|publisher=''A  Dictionary of Louisiana Politics'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses the sources for its article on Mayor Morrison: Edward F. Haas, ''DeLesseps S. Morrison and the Image of Reform: New Orleans Politics, 1946-1961'' (1974); Edward Haas, “DeLesseps S. Morrison and the Governorship: A Reassessment,” ''Louisiana Studies,'' XV (1976); Michael L. Kurtz, “deLesseps S. Morrison: Political Reformer,” ''Louisiana History,'' XVII (1976), and Joseph B. Parker, ''The Morrison Era: Reform Politics in New Orleans'' (1974).</ref>