Lewis L. Morgan

Lewis L. Morgan

Lewis Lovering Morgan (born March 2, 1876 in Mandeville , St. Tammany Parish , Louisiana , †  June 10, 1950 in New Orleans , Louisiana) was an American politician . Between 1912 and 1917 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lewis Morgan attended public schools in his home country including St. Eugene's College . After a subsequent law degree at Tulane University in New Orleans and his admission as a lawyer in 1899, he began to work in Covington in his new profession in 1902 . Politically, Morgan was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1908 he was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives. He resigned from this mandate after being elected district attorney . He was able to exercise this office until 1912. In 1912, 1928 and 1936 Morgan was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions . He also took part from 1912 to 1924 as a delegate to the regional Democratic Party conventions in Louisiana.

After the death of Congressman Robert C. Wickliffe , Morgan was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the by-election due for the sixth seat of Louisiana , where he took up his new mandate on November 5, 1912. After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1917 . Between 1915 and 1917 Morgan was chairman of an election committee ( Committee on Elections No. 3 ). During his time in the US House of Representatives, the 16th and 17th amendments were passed there.

In 1916, Morgan decided not to run for Congress again. In the following years he worked as a lawyer in New Orleans and Covington. In 1944 he applied unsuccessfully within his party for the nomination of the upcoming gubernatorial election . Lewis Morgan died in New Orleans on June 10, 1950 and was buried in Covington.

Web links

• Lewis L. Morgan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Lewis L. Morgan in the database of Find a Grave (English)