He was born into a political family: his father was district attorney of Pointe Coupee Parish, and his half-brother deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Senior later was elected as Mayor of New Orleans. Morrison was born in 1905 in New Roads, the seat of Pointe Coupee Parish (pronounced chief operating officer PEA), to the former Eloise Yancy (1876–1905) of Jonesville in Catahoula Parish, who died the same year as her son"s birth.
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He helped preserve the Vieux Carré or French Quarter, which has been designated as a National Historic District, and published a pioneer textbook on historic preservation law. Chep"s son DeLesseps Story "Toni" Morrison, Junior. was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives. His father, Jacob Haight Morrison, III (1875–1929), was the district attorney of Pointe Coupee Parish.
His half-brother "Chep" became an attorney and politician and was elected as Mayor of New Orleans.
He ran unsuccessfully for governor of Louisiana on three occasions. Morrison, IV, was educated in public schools, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
He received his law degree from the Tulane University Law School in New Orleans. On July 4, 1938, Morrison married Mary Meek (February 2, 1911 - February 26, 1999) of McComb, Mississippi.
The couple had no children.
Before entering his law practice, Jacob Morrison reported on Louisiana State University sports for the New Orleans Times-Picayune and was sports editor of the former Baton Rouge State Times. He served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945 during World World War World War II He resumed his law practice after the war. Morrison led preservation of the Vieux Carre or French Quarter during the 1940s through his presidency of the Vieux Carre Property Owners and Association, Incorporated.
He worked to find ways to support preservation through existing and new legislation, to provide incentives for owners to maintain properties.
In 1957, he published his pioneer law textbook on preservation, Historic Preservation Law. Jacob Morrison died in New Orleans.
1 in New Orleans. The French Quarter has received protection as a National Historic District, as have other significant areas of New Orleans.
The French Quarter has received protection as a National Historic District, as have other significant areas of New Orleans. 1974, two months before his death, Morrison and his wife received the Louise DuPont Crownshield Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, for their outstanding work.
Morrison was elected as a member of the Louisiana State Board of Education in the late 1930s. He was a member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
