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deLesseps S. Morrison
United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States
In office July 17, 1961[1] – July 1963
President
John F. Kennedy
Preceded by
John C. Dreier
Succeeded by
Ellsworth Bunker
54th Mayor of New Orleans
In office April 4, 1946 – July 17, 1961
Preceded by
Robert Maestri
Succeeded by
Victor H. Schiro
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the Orleans Parish (Ward 12)
In office May 13, 1940[2] – May 13, 1946[3]
Preceded by
James A. Lindsay[4]
Succeeded by
Joseph L. Piazza[3]
Personal details
Born
deLesseps Story Morrison
(1912-01-18)January 18, 1912 New Roads, Louisiana, U.S.
Died
May 22, 1964(1964-05-22) (aged 52) Ciudad Victoria, Mexico
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Corinne Waterman Morrison
(m. 1942; died 1959)
Children
3 (including deLesseps Jr.)
Education
Louisiana State University (BA, LLB)
Nickname
Chep Morrison
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Army
Years of service
1941–1946 (active) 1933–1941, 1946–1964 (reserve)
Rank
Major General
Unit
Transportation Corps
Battles/wars
World War II
deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison Sr. (January 18, 1912 – May 22, 1964), was an American attorney and politician who was the 54th mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1946 to 1961. He then served as an appointee of U.S. President John F. Kennedy as the United States ambassador to the Organization of American States between 1961 and 1963.
The population of New Orleans peaked during Morrison's mayoralty, when the 1960 Census recorded 627,525 inhabitants, a 10 percent increase from 1950. Morrison ran three primary campaigns for the Louisiana Democratic gubernatorial nomination, but was unsuccessful. Louisiana's African Americans had been effectively disfranchised by the turn of the 20th century; their initial preference for the Republican "Party of Lincoln", coupled with white voters' overwhelming support in the South for the Democratic Party, meant that the Democratic primary was the only competitive election in the state.[citation needed]
^REMARKS ON SWEARING IN DELESSEPS MORRISON AND ROBERT F. WOODWARD, 17 JULY 1961
^Official journal of the proceedings of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1940)
^ abOfficial journal of the proceedings of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1946-47)
^Official journal of the proceedings of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1936)
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