Lewis L. Morgan Politician

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, which then included part of the New Orleans area. He is best remembered as the candidate of the Earl Kemp Long faction, which lost the pivotal Democratic nomination for governor of Louisiana to Jimmie Davis in the 1944 Louisiana gubernatorial election.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1876
Birth place
Louisiana , St. Tammany Parish Louisiana , Mandeville Louisiana , United States
Religion
Episcopal Church (United States)
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1950
Place of death
Louisiana , New Orleans
Residence
Louisiana , Covington Louisiana
Education
Tulane University Law School

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Office holder

office
United States Representative from Louisiana's 6th congressional district
State Representative from St. Tammany Parish
party
List of Governors of Louisiana
Democratic Party (United States)

Lewis L. Morgan on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000955