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|birth_place=[[Houma, Louisiana|Houma]], [[Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana|Terrebonne Parish]]<br>[[Louisiana]], USA
|birth_place=[[Houma, Louisiana|Houma]], [[Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana|Terrebonne Parish]]<br>[[Louisiana]], US
|death_date=November 1978 (aged 76)
|death_date=November 1978 (aged 76)
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|children=Elizabeth Lottinger ___<br>
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[[Morris Lottinger, Jr.]]
[[Morris Lottinger Jr.]]
|party= [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|party= [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
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'''Morris Albert Lottinger, Sr.''' (August 16, 1902 - November 1978),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sortedbyname.com/pages/l105848.html|title=Sorted by Name: Lotig|publisher=sortedbyname.com|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref> was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[Lawyer|attorney]] who served in the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] from 1936 until 1950 from his native [[Houma, Louisiana|Houma]] in [[Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana|Terrebonne Parish]] in [[South Louisiana]]. For the last two years of his tenure, he was the [[Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives|Speaker]] of the chamber under [[governor of Louisiana|Governor]] [[Earl Kemp Long]].<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.la.gov/legisdocs/members/h1812-2012.pdf
'''Morris Albert Lottinger Sr.''' (August 16, 1902 – November 1978),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sortedbyname.com/pages/l105848.html|title=Sorted by Name: Lotig|publisher=sortedbyname.com|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref> was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[Lawyer|attorney]] who served in the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] from 1936 until 1950 from his native [[Houma, Louisiana|Houma]] in [[Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana|Terrebonne Parish]] in [[South Louisiana]]. For the last two years of his tenure, he was the [[Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives|Speaker]] of the chamber under [[governor of Louisiana|Governor]] [[Earl Kemp Long]].<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.la.gov/legisdocs/members/h1812-2012.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812–2012|publisher=legis.la.gov|accessdate=July 14, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004235758/http://www.legis.la.gov/legisdocs/members/h1812-2012.pdf|archivedate=October 4, 2013}}</ref>

|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012|publisher=legis.la.gov|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==


Lottinger was one of three sons of the former Lucille Theriot<ref name=heritage>{{cite web|url=http://www.myheritage.com/person-1000012_63943591_63943591/morris-lottinger|title=Morris Lottinger|publisher=myheritage.com|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref> and Victor Lottinger (died July 1939); his brothers were Mark Lottinger of Houma and Lucious Lottinger of [[DeRidder, Louisiana|DeRidder]] in [[Beauregard Parish, Louisiana|Beauregard Parish]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/terrebonne/obits/1939/t3907.txt|title=Victor Lottinger|publisher=usgwarchives.net|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref>Lottinger's paternal grandparents were Frederick and Marie Dugas Lottinger.<ref name=heritage/>
Lottinger was one of three sons of the former Lucille Theriot<ref name=heritage>{{cite web|url=http://www.myheritage.com/person-1000012_63943591_63943591/morris-lottinger|title=Morris Lottinger|publisher=myheritage.com|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref> and Victor Lottinger (died July 1939); his brothers were Mark Lottinger of Houma and Lucius Lottinger of [[DeRidder, Louisiana|DeRidder]] in [[Beauregard Parish, Louisiana|Beauregard Parish]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/terrebonne/obits/1939/t3907.txt|title=Victor Lottinger|publisher=usgwarchives.net|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref> Lottinger's paternal grandparents were Frederick and Marie Dugas Lottinger.<ref name=heritage/>
In 1926, Lottinger was president of the Houma chapter of [[Rotary International]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.houmarotary.org/HoumaRotaryHistory.cfm|title=The Rotary Club of Houma|publisher=houmarotary.org|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref>
In 1926, Lottinger was president of the Houma chapter of [[Rotary International]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.houmarotary.org/HoumaRotaryHistory.cfm|title=The Rotary Club of Houma|publisher=houmarotary.org|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref>


In the [[1940 United States Census]], Representative Lottinger was listed as living with his wife, the former Effie J. Hellier (1908-1993), and their two children, Elizabeth (born 1933) and Morris, Jr. (born 1938), in the Houma houshold of her father, Harry Hellier, Sr. (born c. 1880).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.com/1940-census/morris-lottinger-la-13540732|title=Morris A. Lottinger, Sr., in the 1940 Census|publisher=archives.com/1940-census|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref>
In the [[1940 United States Census]], Representative Lottinger was listed as living with his wife, the former Effie J. Hellier (1908–1993), and their two children, Elizabeth (born 1932) and Morris Jr. (born 1937), in the Houma household of her father, Harry Hellier Sr. (born c. 1880).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.com/1940-census/morris-lottinger-la-13540732|title=Morris A. Lottinger Sr. in the 1940 census|publisher=archives.com/1940-census|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref>

==Political career==
==Political career==


Lottinger ran for the House in the 1932 party primary but lost, 1,638 to 1,221, to [[Allen J. Ellender]], a favorite of the [[Huey Long|Long]] faction of the [[Louisiana Democratic Party]], who became Speaker in May of that year.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=wrbQd0_eA_EC&pg=PA296&lpg=PA296&dq=Morris+Lottinger,+Jr.&source=bl&ots=EyuBgXqiQn&sig=0J5hzi5gc7CtzAmuzi5NeHYBEpk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KxriUYncHMaNrAGVtoDIDg&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAzg8#v=onepage&q=Morris%20Lottinger%2C%20Jr.&f=false|title=Thomas A. Becnel, Senator Allen Ellender of Louisiana: A Biography|publisher=[[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]: [[Louisiana State University Press]], 1995, p. 56; ISBN=0-8071-1978-4|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref>
Lottinger ran for the House in the 1932 party primary but lost, 1,638 to 1,221, to [[Allen J. Ellender]], a favorite of the [[Huey Long|Long]] faction of the [[Louisiana Democratic Party]], who became Speaker in May of that year.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wrbQd0_eA_EC&pg=PA296 |title=Thomas A. Becnel, Senator Allen Ellender of Louisiana: A Biography|publisher=[[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]: [[Louisiana State University Press]]|year=1995|page=56|ISBN=0-8071-1978-4|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref> Lottinger was elected four years later to succeed Ellender, who instead went to the [[United States Senate]] upon his election to fill the seat formerly held by his ally, [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long Jr.]] Huey Long's brother, Earl Long proposed Lottinger for Speaker in 1948, when Long began the first of his two full four-year terms as governor.
Lottinger was elected four years later to succeed Ellender, who instead went to the [[United States Senate]] upon his election to fill the seat formerly held by his ally, [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]]
Lottinger resigned from the House in 1950 to become judge of the [[Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal|Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal]], a position which he held until his resignation in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/1389.html|title=J. Hugo Dore Papers|publisher=lib.lsu.edu|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref>
Lottinger resigned from the House in 1950 to become judge of the [[Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal|Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal]], a position which he held until his resignation in 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/1389.html|title=J. Hugo Dore Papers|publisher=lib.lsu.edu|accessdate=July 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602042655/http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/1389.html|archive-date=June 2, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> He had been unopposed for reelection in the year before in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/293434/|title=''Lake Charles American Press'', May 29, 1964, p. 9|publisher=newspapers.com|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref> a


His son, [[Morris Lottinger, Jr.]], represented District 52, including Terrebonne Parish, in the state House from 1971 to 1976.<ref name=house/> Thereafter, he was a judge of the [[Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal|Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal]], which includes his Terrebonne Parish. The second Judge Lottinger retired in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/press_room/court_column/newsletters/v1n2.htm|title=Court Column: A Newsletter of the Judiciary of the State of Louisiana (Vol. I, No. II) Summer 1998|publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref>
His son, [[Morris Lottinger Jr.]], represented District 52, including Terrebonne Parish, in the state House from 1971 to 1975.<ref name=house/> Thereafter, he was a judge of the [[Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal|Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal]], which includes his Terrebonne Parish. The second Judge Lottinger retired in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/press_room/court_column/newsletters/v1n2.htm|title=Court Column: A Newsletter of the Judiciary of the State of Louisiana (Vol. I, No. II) Summer 1998|publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 17:35, 19 February 2024

Morris Albert Lottinger Sr.
Louisiana State Representative from Terrebonne Parish
In office
1936–1950
Preceded byAllen J. Ellender
Succeeded byCarroll L. Dupont
Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives
In office
1948–1950
Preceded byRalph Norman Bauer
Succeeded byLorris M. Wimberly
Personal details
Born(1902-08-16)August 16, 1902
Houma, Terrebonne Parish
Louisiana, US
DiedNovember 1978 (aged 76)
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseEffie J. Hellier Lottinger
ChildrenElizabeth Lottinger ___
Morris Lottinger Jr.
Residence(s)Houma, Louisiana
OccupationLawyer and Judge

Morris Albert Lottinger Sr. (August 16, 1902 – November 1978),[1] was a Democratic attorney who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1936 until 1950 from his native Houma in Terrebonne Parish in South Louisiana. For the last two years of his tenure, he was the Speaker of the chamber under Governor Earl Kemp Long.[2]

Background

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Lottinger was one of three sons of the former Lucille Theriot[3] and Victor Lottinger (died July 1939); his brothers were Mark Lottinger of Houma and Lucius Lottinger of DeRidder in Beauregard Parish.[4] Lottinger's paternal grandparents were Frederick and Marie Dugas Lottinger.[3] In 1926, Lottinger was president of the Houma chapter of Rotary International.[5]

In the 1940 United States Census, Representative Lottinger was listed as living with his wife, the former Effie J. Hellier (1908–1993), and their two children, Elizabeth (born 1932) and Morris Jr. (born 1937), in the Houma household of her father, Harry Hellier Sr. (born c. 1880).[6]

Political career

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Lottinger ran for the House in the 1932 party primary but lost, 1,638 to 1,221, to Allen J. Ellender, a favorite of the Long faction of the Louisiana Democratic Party, who became Speaker in May of that year.[7] Lottinger was elected four years later to succeed Ellender, who instead went to the United States Senate upon his election to fill the seat formerly held by his ally, Huey Pierce Long Jr. Huey Long's brother, Earl Long proposed Lottinger for Speaker in 1948, when Long began the first of his two full four-year terms as governor.

Lottinger resigned from the House in 1950 to become judge of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal, a position which he held until his resignation in 1975.[8] He had been unopposed for reelection in the year before in 1964.[9] a

His son, Morris Lottinger Jr., represented District 52, including Terrebonne Parish, in the state House from 1971 to 1975.[2] Thereafter, he was a judge of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal, which includes his Terrebonne Parish. The second Judge Lottinger retired in 1998.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Sorted by Name: Lotig". sortedbyname.com. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812–2012" (PDF). legis.la.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2013. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Morris Lottinger". myheritage.com. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  4. ^ "Victor Lottinger". usgwarchives.net. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  5. ^ "The Rotary Club of Houma". houmarotary.org. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  6. ^ "Morris A. Lottinger Sr. in the 1940 census". archives.com/1940-census. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  7. ^ Thomas A. Becnel, Senator Allen Ellender of Louisiana: A Biography. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press. 1995. p. 56. ISBN 0-8071-1978-4. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  8. ^ "J. Hugo Dore Papers". lib.lsu.edu. Archived from the original on June 2, 2013. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  9. ^ "Lake Charles American Press, May 29, 1964, p. 9". newspapers.com. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  10. ^ "Court Column: A Newsletter of the Judiciary of the State of Louisiana (Vol. I, No. II) Summer 1998". lasc.org. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
Preceded by Louisiana State Representative from Terrebonne Parish
Morris Albert Lottinger Sr.
1936–1950 		Succeeded by
Carroll L. Dupont
Preceded by Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Morris Albert Lottinger Sr.
1948–1950 		Succeeded by
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