Cecil Morgan, A Leader Of The Forces That Impeached Gov. Huey P. Long During The 1929 Legislative Session And Later An Executive Of Long's Archenemy, Standard Oil, Died Monday At His New Orleans Home. He Was 100.
Mr. Morgan, Who Also Was Dean Of The Tulane Law School During The 1960s, Was
The Last Surviving Legislator To Have Served In The Old State Capitol. As Such, He Outlived All His Colleagues From The Tumultuous 1929 Special Session When The Attempt To Impeach The Flamboyant And Ambitious Long Touched Off Fistfights On The House Floor. Anti-Long Sentiment Had Brewed For Some Time As His Foes Watched Him Seize Power And Spread Money Around In Ways They Regarded As Questionable At Best.
To His Opponents, Including Mr. Morgan, Long's Attempt To Impose A 5-Cents-Per-Barrel Tax On Oil Refined In Louisiana Was The Last Straw. They Started Talking Seriously About Impeachment. A Group Known As 'The Dynamite Squad' Drew Up 19 Charges Against Long, Including Accusations That He Had Tried To Arrange The Murder Of A Political Opponent, Bribed Lawmakers, Carried Concealed Weapons, Demolished The Governor's Mansion Without Proper Authorization And Attended A Drunken Party Where A Stripper Entertained.
Mr. Morgan, A Caddo Parish Representative, Was Assigned To Read The Charges That The Anti-Long Forces Planned To Introduce. But Word Of The Plan Leaked Out, And Pro-Long Forces Tried To Adjourn The House For The Day. Long's Hand-Picked House Speaker, John Fournet, Ruled That The Adjournment Motion Had Passed, But Mr. Morgan And Others Objected -- Loudly -- Claiming The Voting Machine Was Rigged. 'I Could Bellow Then,' Mr. Morgan Said In 1990. A Brawl Broke Out On The House Floor, And Some Lawmakers Reportedly Pulled On Brass Knuckles. That Day -- March 25, 1929 -- Became Known In Louisiana Lore As 'Bloody Monday.'
Mr. Morgan Helped Round Up Witnesses For A Hearing On The Charges Against
Long. Although The House Eventually Voted To Impeach Him On Eight Counts, Long Persuaded 15 Senators, Enough To Block Conviction, To Sign A Document Promising Not To Convict Him Under Any Circumstances. That Document, Which Became Famous As The 'Round Robin,' Was Enough To Thwart The Anti-Long Forces.
In A Pbs Documentary About Long, Mr. Morgan Said He Didn't Regard Long As Thoroughly Evil. 'I Don't Pretend That He Didn't Do Some Things That Were Good,' Such As Providing Free Textbooks To Schools. But, Mr. Morgan Said, 'Everything He Did Cost More Than It Should Have. ... It Was Necessary For The State For Somebody With His Qualities To Come Forward, And I Think He Muffed It. ... He Left Us With A Heritage From Which We Have Not Recovered.'
Another Long Legacy Was The New State Capitol, Which Was Dedicated In 1932. But The Castlelike Old State Capitol Held Stronger Emotional Ties For Mr. Morgan, Not Only As The Site Of The Impeachment Fight But Also Because His Family's Ancestral Home, Hickey House, Once Stood On The Site. The Land Was Sold To Baton Rouge In 1845 And Then Donated To The State.
Despite His Strong Links To Louisiana, Mr. Morgan Was Born Far From The State. His Father, Harold Morgan, Worked For The Federal Bureau Of Indian Affairs In The 1890s, And Cecil Morgan Was Born Aug. 20, 1898, On The Omaha-Winnebago Reservation In Nebraska. The Family Moved To Louisiana When He Was
About 6 Because His Father Had Bought The Family Home, Linwood Plantation, About 20 Miles North Of Baton Rouge, From Relatives And Started Renovating It.
The Elder Morgan Became Active In Politics And Was Elected State Treasurer In 1920, Serving With Gov. John M. Parker. Mr. Morgan Finished Louisiana State University Law School In 1919 And Moved To Shreveport A Year Later To Be Part Of The Oil Boom There And Also To Succeed On His Own Without His Father's Help Or Prestige, He Said In 1985.
Mr. Morgan Was Elected To The House In 1927 From A Shreveport District And Later To The Senate. He Left The Legislature In 1934 When He Was Elected A Judge In Shreveport. Two Years Later, He Joined Standard Oil In Shreveport As General Counsel. In 1943, He Was Named A Vice President And Member Of The Board Of Directors. He Later Was Named Associate General Counsel And A Vice President Of Esso Standard Oil Co., Another Standard Oil Of New Jersey Subsidiary. Mr. Morgan Moved Up To The Corporate Level In 1952, With A New York City Office And The Titles Of Assistant To The Chairman Of The Board For Public Affairs And Head Of The Company's Government Relations Department.
He Served On The State Civil Service Commission From 1944 To July 1948. He Later Received The Monte E. Lemann Award From The Louisiana State Civil Service League. He Left Standard Oil In 1963 To Become Tulane's Law Dean, A Position He Held For Five Years. He Previously Had Been A Member Of The University's Board Of Visitors, A National Body That Advised The Board Of Administrators. Tulane Later Awarded Him An Honorary Doctorate. Mr. Morgan Helped Organize The Public Affairs Research Council And Was A Past President Of The National Municipal League, A Vice Chairman Of The Committee For A National Trade Policy, A Board Member Of Radio Free Europe And A Member Of The American Law Institute. He Was A Member Of The American Legion, International House And The Boston, Metropolitan And Economic Clubs.
A Funeral Will Be Held Friday At 10 A.M. In The Chapel Of Trinity Episcopal Church. Visitation Will Begin Friday At 9:15 A.M. In The Board Room. Burial Will Be Friday At 1 P.M. In Magnolia Cemetery In Baton Rouge. Bultman Funeral Home Is In Charge Of Arrangements. Times Picayune 06-17-1999
Louisiana legislator who was featured in Ken Burns' "Huey Long" documentary.
Mr. Morgan, Who Also Was Dean Of The Tulane Law School During The 1960s, Was
The Last Surviving Legislator To Have Served In The Old State Capitol. As Such, He Outlived All His Colleagues From The Tumultuous 1929 Special Session When The Attempt To Impeach The Flamboyant And Ambitious Long Touched Off Fistfights On The House Floor. Anti-Long Sentiment Had Brewed For Some Time As His Foes Watched Him Seize Power And Spread Money Around In Ways They Regarded As Questionable At Best.
To His Opponents, Including Mr. Morgan, Long's Attempt To Impose A 5-Cents-Per-Barrel Tax On Oil Refined In Louisiana Was The Last Straw. They Started Talking Seriously About Impeachment. A Group Known As 'The Dynamite Squad' Drew Up 19 Charges Against Long, Including Accusations That He Had Tried To Arrange The Murder Of A Political Opponent, Bribed Lawmakers, Carried Concealed Weapons, Demolished The Governor's Mansion Without Proper Authorization And Attended A Drunken Party Where A Stripper Entertained.
Mr. Morgan, A Caddo Parish Representative, Was Assigned To Read The Charges That The Anti-Long Forces Planned To Introduce. But Word Of The Plan Leaked Out, And Pro-Long Forces Tried To Adjourn The House For The Day. Long's Hand-Picked House Speaker, John Fournet, Ruled That The Adjournment Motion Had Passed, But Mr. Morgan And Others Objected -- Loudly -- Claiming The Voting Machine Was Rigged. 'I Could Bellow Then,' Mr. Morgan Said In 1990. A Brawl Broke Out On The House Floor, And Some Lawmakers Reportedly Pulled On Brass Knuckles. That Day -- March 25, 1929 -- Became Known In Louisiana Lore As 'Bloody Monday.'
Mr. Morgan Helped Round Up Witnesses For A Hearing On The Charges Against
Long. Although The House Eventually Voted To Impeach Him On Eight Counts, Long Persuaded 15 Senators, Enough To Block Conviction, To Sign A Document Promising Not To Convict Him Under Any Circumstances. That Document, Which Became Famous As The 'Round Robin,' Was Enough To Thwart The Anti-Long Forces.
In A Pbs Documentary About Long, Mr. Morgan Said He Didn't Regard Long As Thoroughly Evil. 'I Don't Pretend That He Didn't Do Some Things That Were Good,' Such As Providing Free Textbooks To Schools. But, Mr. Morgan Said, 'Everything He Did Cost More Than It Should Have. ... It Was Necessary For The State For Somebody With His Qualities To Come Forward, And I Think He Muffed It. ... He Left Us With A Heritage From Which We Have Not Recovered.'
Another Long Legacy Was The New State Capitol, Which Was Dedicated In 1932. But The Castlelike Old State Capitol Held Stronger Emotional Ties For Mr. Morgan, Not Only As The Site Of The Impeachment Fight But Also Because His Family's Ancestral Home, Hickey House, Once Stood On The Site. The Land Was Sold To Baton Rouge In 1845 And Then Donated To The State.
Despite His Strong Links To Louisiana, Mr. Morgan Was Born Far From The State. His Father, Harold Morgan, Worked For The Federal Bureau Of Indian Affairs In The 1890s, And Cecil Morgan Was Born Aug. 20, 1898, On The Omaha-Winnebago Reservation In Nebraska. The Family Moved To Louisiana When He Was
About 6 Because His Father Had Bought The Family Home, Linwood Plantation, About 20 Miles North Of Baton Rouge, From Relatives And Started Renovating It.
The Elder Morgan Became Active In Politics And Was Elected State Treasurer In 1920, Serving With Gov. John M. Parker. Mr. Morgan Finished Louisiana State University Law School In 1919 And Moved To Shreveport A Year Later To Be Part Of The Oil Boom There And Also To Succeed On His Own Without His Father's Help Or Prestige, He Said In 1985.
Mr. Morgan Was Elected To The House In 1927 From A Shreveport District And Later To The Senate. He Left The Legislature In 1934 When He Was Elected A Judge In Shreveport. Two Years Later, He Joined Standard Oil In Shreveport As General Counsel. In 1943, He Was Named A Vice President And Member Of The Board Of Directors. He Later Was Named Associate General Counsel And A Vice President Of Esso Standard Oil Co., Another Standard Oil Of New Jersey Subsidiary. Mr. Morgan Moved Up To The Corporate Level In 1952, With A New York City Office And The Titles Of Assistant To The Chairman Of The Board For Public Affairs And Head Of The Company's Government Relations Department.
He Served On The State Civil Service Commission From 1944 To July 1948. He Later Received The Monte E. Lemann Award From The Louisiana State Civil Service League. He Left Standard Oil In 1963 To Become Tulane's Law Dean, A Position He Held For Five Years. He Previously Had Been A Member Of The University's Board Of Visitors, A National Body That Advised The Board Of Administrators. Tulane Later Awarded Him An Honorary Doctorate. Mr. Morgan Helped Organize The Public Affairs Research Council And Was A Past President Of The National Municipal League, A Vice Chairman Of The Committee For A National Trade Policy, A Board Member Of Radio Free Europe And A Member Of The American Law Institute. He Was A Member Of The American Legion, International House And The Boston, Metropolitan And Economic Clubs.
A Funeral Will Be Held Friday At 10 A.M. In The Chapel Of Trinity Episcopal Church. Visitation Will Begin Friday At 9:15 A.M. In The Board Room. Burial Will Be Friday At 1 P.M. In Magnolia Cemetery In Baton Rouge. Bultman Funeral Home Is In Charge Of Arrangements. Times Picayune 06-17-1999
Louisiana legislator who was featured in Ken Burns' "Huey Long" documentary.
Cecil Morgan, A Leader Of The Forces That Impeached Gov. Huey P. Long During The 1929 Legislative Session And Later An Executive Of Long's Archenemy, Standard Oil, Died Monday At His New Orleans Home. He Was 100.
Mr. Morgan, Who Also Was Dean Of The Tulane Law School During The 1960s, Was
The Last Surviving Legislator To Have Served In The Old State Capitol. As Such, He Outlived All His Colleagues From The Tumultuous 1929 Special Session When The Attempt To Impeach The Flamboyant And Ambitious Long Touched Off Fistfights On The House Floor. Anti-Long Sentiment Had Brewed For Some Time As His Foes Watched Him Seize Power And Spread Money Around In Ways They Regarded As Questionable At Best.
To His Opponents, Including Mr. Morgan, Long's Attempt To Impose A 5-Cents-Per-Barrel Tax On Oil Refined In Louisiana Was The Last Straw. They Started Talking Seriously About Impeachment. A Group Known As 'The Dynamite Squad' Drew Up 19 Charges Against Long, Including Accusations That He Had Tried To Arrange The Murder Of A Political Opponent, Bribed Lawmakers, Carried Concealed Weapons, Demolished The Governor's Mansion Without Proper Authorization And Attended A Drunken Party Where A Stripper Entertained.
Mr. Morgan, A Caddo Parish Representative, Was Assigned To Read The Charges That The Anti-Long Forces Planned To Introduce. But Word Of The Plan Leaked Out, And Pro-Long Forces Tried To Adjourn The House For The Day. Long's Hand-Picked House Speaker, John Fournet, Ruled That The Adjournment Motion Had Passed, But Mr. Morgan And Others Objected -- Loudly -- Claiming The Voting Machine Was Rigged. 'I Could Bellow Then,' Mr. Morgan Said In 1990. A Brawl Broke Out On The House Floor, And Some Lawmakers Reportedly Pulled On Brass Knuckles. That Day -- March 25, 1929 -- Became Known In Louisiana Lore As 'Bloody Monday.'
Mr. Morgan Helped Round Up Witnesses For A Hearing On The Charges Against
Long. Although The House Eventually Voted To Impeach Him On Eight Counts, Long Persuaded 15 Senators, Enough To Block Conviction, To Sign A Document Promising Not To Convict Him Under Any Circumstances. That Document, Which Became Famous As The 'Round Robin,' Was Enough To Thwart The Anti-Long Forces.
In A Pbs Documentary About Long, Mr. Morgan Said He Didn't Regard Long As Thoroughly Evil. 'I Don't Pretend That He Didn't Do Some Things That Were Good,' Such As Providing Free Textbooks To Schools. But, Mr. Morgan Said, 'Everything He Did Cost More Than It Should Have. ... It Was Necessary For The State For Somebody With His Qualities To Come Forward, And I Think He Muffed It. ... He Left Us With A Heritage From Which We Have Not Recovered.'
Another Long Legacy Was The New State Capitol, Which Was Dedicated In 1932. But The Castlelike Old State Capitol Held Stronger Emotional Ties For Mr. Morgan, Not Only As The Site Of The Impeachment Fight But Also Because His Family's Ancestral Home, Hickey House, Once Stood On The Site. The Land Was Sold To Baton Rouge In 1845 And Then Donated To The State.
Despite His Strong Links To Louisiana, Mr. Morgan Was Born Far From The State. His Father, Harold Morgan, Worked For The Federal Bureau Of Indian Affairs In The 1890s, And Cecil Morgan Was Born Aug. 20, 1898, On The Omaha-Winnebago Reservation In Nebraska. The Family Moved To Louisiana When He Was
About 6 Because His Father Had Bought The Family Home, Linwood Plantation, About 20 Miles North Of Baton Rouge, From Relatives And Started Renovating It.
The Elder Morgan Became Active In Politics And Was Elected State Treasurer In 1920, Serving With Gov. John M. Parker. Mr. Morgan Finished Louisiana State University Law School In 1919 And Moved To Shreveport A Year Later To Be Part Of The Oil Boom There And Also To Succeed On His Own Without His Father's Help Or Prestige, He Said In 1985.
Mr. Morgan Was Elected To The House In 1927 From A Shreveport District And Later To The Senate. He Left The Legislature In 1934 When He Was Elected A Judge In Shreveport. Two Years Later, He Joined Standard Oil In Shreveport As General Counsel. In 1943, He Was Named A Vice President And Member Of The Board Of Directors. He Later Was Named Associate General Counsel And A Vice President Of Esso Standard Oil Co., Another Standard Oil Of New Jersey Subsidiary. Mr. Morgan Moved Up To The Corporate Level In 1952, With A New York City Office And The Titles Of Assistant To The Chairman Of The Board For Public Affairs And Head Of The Company's Government Relations Department.
He Served On The State Civil Service Commission From 1944 To July 1948. He Later Received The Monte E. Lemann Award From The Louisiana State Civil Service League. He Left Standard Oil In 1963 To Become Tulane's Law Dean, A Position He Held For Five Years. He Previously Had Been A Member Of The University's Board Of Visitors, A National Body That Advised The Board Of Administrators. Tulane Later Awarded Him An Honorary Doctorate. Mr. Morgan Helped Organize The Public Affairs Research Council And Was A Past President Of The National Municipal League, A Vice Chairman Of The Committee For A National Trade Policy, A Board Member Of Radio Free Europe And A Member Of The American Law Institute. He Was A Member Of The American Legion, International House And The Boston, Metropolitan And Economic Clubs.
A Funeral Will Be Held Friday At 10 A.M. In The Chapel Of Trinity Episcopal Church. Visitation Will Begin Friday At 9:15 A.M. In The Board Room. Burial Will Be Friday At 1 P.M. In Magnolia Cemetery In Baton Rouge. Bultman Funeral Home Is In Charge Of Arrangements. Times Picayune 06-17-1999
Louisiana legislator who was featured in Ken Burns' "Huey Long" documentary.
Mr. Morgan, Who Also Was Dean Of The Tulane Law School During The 1960s, Was
The Last Surviving Legislator To Have Served In The Old State Capitol. As Such, He Outlived All His Colleagues From The Tumultuous 1929 Special Session When The Attempt To Impeach The Flamboyant And Ambitious Long Touched Off Fistfights On The House Floor. Anti-Long Sentiment Had Brewed For Some Time As His Foes Watched Him Seize Power And Spread Money Around In Ways They Regarded As Questionable At Best.
To His Opponents, Including Mr. Morgan, Long's Attempt To Impose A 5-Cents-Per-Barrel Tax On Oil Refined In Louisiana Was The Last Straw. They Started Talking Seriously About Impeachment. A Group Known As 'The Dynamite Squad' Drew Up 19 Charges Against Long, Including Accusations That He Had Tried To Arrange The Murder Of A Political Opponent, Bribed Lawmakers, Carried Concealed Weapons, Demolished The Governor's Mansion Without Proper Authorization And Attended A Drunken Party Where A Stripper Entertained.
Mr. Morgan, A Caddo Parish Representative, Was Assigned To Read The Charges That The Anti-Long Forces Planned To Introduce. But Word Of The Plan Leaked Out, And Pro-Long Forces Tried To Adjourn The House For The Day. Long's Hand-Picked House Speaker, John Fournet, Ruled That The Adjournment Motion Had Passed, But Mr. Morgan And Others Objected -- Loudly -- Claiming The Voting Machine Was Rigged. 'I Could Bellow Then,' Mr. Morgan Said In 1990. A Brawl Broke Out On The House Floor, And Some Lawmakers Reportedly Pulled On Brass Knuckles. That Day -- March 25, 1929 -- Became Known In Louisiana Lore As 'Bloody Monday.'
Mr. Morgan Helped Round Up Witnesses For A Hearing On The Charges Against
Long. Although The House Eventually Voted To Impeach Him On Eight Counts, Long Persuaded 15 Senators, Enough To Block Conviction, To Sign A Document Promising Not To Convict Him Under Any Circumstances. That Document, Which Became Famous As The 'Round Robin,' Was Enough To Thwart The Anti-Long Forces.
In A Pbs Documentary About Long, Mr. Morgan Said He Didn't Regard Long As Thoroughly Evil. 'I Don't Pretend That He Didn't Do Some Things That Were Good,' Such As Providing Free Textbooks To Schools. But, Mr. Morgan Said, 'Everything He Did Cost More Than It Should Have. ... It Was Necessary For The State For Somebody With His Qualities To Come Forward, And I Think He Muffed It. ... He Left Us With A Heritage From Which We Have Not Recovered.'
Another Long Legacy Was The New State Capitol, Which Was Dedicated In 1932. But The Castlelike Old State Capitol Held Stronger Emotional Ties For Mr. Morgan, Not Only As The Site Of The Impeachment Fight But Also Because His Family's Ancestral Home, Hickey House, Once Stood On The Site. The Land Was Sold To Baton Rouge In 1845 And Then Donated To The State.
Despite His Strong Links To Louisiana, Mr. Morgan Was Born Far From The State. His Father, Harold Morgan, Worked For The Federal Bureau Of Indian Affairs In The 1890s, And Cecil Morgan Was Born Aug. 20, 1898, On The Omaha-Winnebago Reservation In Nebraska. The Family Moved To Louisiana When He Was
About 6 Because His Father Had Bought The Family Home, Linwood Plantation, About 20 Miles North Of Baton Rouge, From Relatives And Started Renovating It.
The Elder Morgan Became Active In Politics And Was Elected State Treasurer In 1920, Serving With Gov. John M. Parker. Mr. Morgan Finished Louisiana State University Law School In 1919 And Moved To Shreveport A Year Later To Be Part Of The Oil Boom There And Also To Succeed On His Own Without His Father's Help Or Prestige, He Said In 1985.
Mr. Morgan Was Elected To The House In 1927 From A Shreveport District And Later To The Senate. He Left The Legislature In 1934 When He Was Elected A Judge In Shreveport. Two Years Later, He Joined Standard Oil In Shreveport As General Counsel. In 1943, He Was Named A Vice President And Member Of The Board Of Directors. He Later Was Named Associate General Counsel And A Vice President Of Esso Standard Oil Co., Another Standard Oil Of New Jersey Subsidiary. Mr. Morgan Moved Up To The Corporate Level In 1952, With A New York City Office And The Titles Of Assistant To The Chairman Of The Board For Public Affairs And Head Of The Company's Government Relations Department.
He Served On The State Civil Service Commission From 1944 To July 1948. He Later Received The Monte E. Lemann Award From The Louisiana State Civil Service League. He Left Standard Oil In 1963 To Become Tulane's Law Dean, A Position He Held For Five Years. He Previously Had Been A Member Of The University's Board Of Visitors, A National Body That Advised The Board Of Administrators. Tulane Later Awarded Him An Honorary Doctorate. Mr. Morgan Helped Organize The Public Affairs Research Council And Was A Past President Of The National Municipal League, A Vice Chairman Of The Committee For A National Trade Policy, A Board Member Of Radio Free Europe And A Member Of The American Law Institute. He Was A Member Of The American Legion, International House And The Boston, Metropolitan And Economic Clubs.
A Funeral Will Be Held Friday At 10 A.M. In The Chapel Of Trinity Episcopal Church. Visitation Will Begin Friday At 9:15 A.M. In The Board Room. Burial Will Be Friday At 1 P.M. In Magnolia Cemetery In Baton Rouge. Bultman Funeral Home Is In Charge Of Arrangements. Times Picayune 06-17-1999
Louisiana legislator who was featured in Ken Burns' "Huey Long" documentary.
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