Lewis L. Morgan

{{short description|American politician}}

{{About|the U.S. Representative from Louisiana|the American ethnologist, anthropologist and writer|Lewis H. Morgan}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name =Lewis Lovering Morgan

| image = LewisLMorgan.jpg

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| state=Louisiana

| district=6th

| term_start=November 5, 1912

| term_end=March 3, 1917

| preceded=Robert C. Wickliffe

| succeeded=Jared Y. Sanders, Sr.

| office2=Louisiana State Representative
for St. Tammany Parish

| term_start2=1908

| term_end2=1909

| preceded2=Fritz Salman

| succeeded2=Joseph B. Lancaster

| occupation = Attorney

| party = Democratic
Gubernatorial runoff candidate, 1944

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1876|3|2}}

| birth_place =Mandeville
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

| death_date = {{death date and age|1950|6|10|1876|3|2}}

| death_place = {{flagicon|USA}} New Orleans, Louisiana

| resting_place =Covington Cemetery in Covington, Louisiana

|residence =Covington, Louisiana

|spouse =Lenora Cefalu Morgan

|children=Two children

|parents =

|alma_mater=St. Eugene's College in Tammany Parish

Tulane University Law School

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Lewis Lovering Morgan (March 2, 1876 – June 10, 1950) was an American lawyer and politician from Covington, Louisiana. He served in the United States House of Representatives from November 5, 1912, to March 4, 1917, from Louisiana's 6th congressional district.

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References

  • Lewis Lovering Morgan," A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography (1988), p. 582.
  • http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000955
  • Who's Who in Louisiana and Mississippi (1918)
  • Morgan obituary, New Orleans Times-Picayune, June 11, 1950
  • Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections, Gubernatorial primaries, 1944

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|district = 6

|before=Robert Charles Wickliffe

|years=1912-1917

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|before=Fritz Salman

|title=Louisiana State Representative for
St. Tammany Parish

Lewis Lovering Morgan

|years=1908-1909

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Category:1876 births

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Category:American Episcopalians

Category:Politicians from New Orleans

Category:People from Mandeville, Louisiana

Category:Democratic Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives

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Category:Tulane University Law School alumni

Category:School board members in Louisiana

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Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana

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Category:20th-century members of the Louisiana State Legislature