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:''Another "Morris" serves in the Louisiana House of Representatives: ''Jay Morris'', a Republican from Ouachita Parish.'' James Hollis Morris, known as Jim Morris (born May 3, 1954), is a businessman from Caddo Parish, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. His District 1 encompasses the northern portions of both Caddo and neighboring Bossier Parish. In 2007, Morris became only the second member of his party to hold his legislative seat, having won a special election to succeed the Democrat Roy M. Hopkins of Oil City, who died in office. The previous Republican representative for District I is retired banker Bruce Lynn of Gilliam, who served from 1976 to 1988. Morris resides in Belcher, but his district office is in Oil City, north of Shreveport. ==Background== Morris is a native of Arkansas, where his father was a deputy sheriff and his mother worked in a factory.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jim Morris for State Representative --Biography )〕 He graduated in 1972 from Smackover High School in Smackover in Union County near El Dorado, Arkansas. In 1976, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in professional education from Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. For his entire working career, Morris has been involved in the petroleum and natural gas business.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Louisiana House of Representatives: Rep. James H. Morris )〕 Morris and his wife, Kellie, a native of Vivian in Caddo Parish, have two daughters. Kellie Morris is the tourist information representative and events coordinator at the Louisiana State Oil & Gas Museum in Oil City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jim Morris for State Representative --Family life )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Morris (Louisiana politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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