Jimmy Fitzmorris | |
Office: | 46th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana |
Term Start: | May 9, 1972 |
Term End: | March 10, 1980 |
Governor: | Edwin W. Edwards |
Preceded: | Clarence C. Aycock |
Succeeded: | Robert Louis Freeman Sr. |
Birth Date: | November 15, 1921 |
Birth Place: | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
Death Date: | June 30, 2021 (aged 99) |
Death Place: | Slidell, Louisiana, U.S. |
Spouse: | Gloria Lopez Fitzmorris |
Children: | 1 |
Party: | Democrat |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Army |
Serviceyears: | 1942–1945 |
Rank: | Major |
Battles: | World War II |
James Edward Fitzmorris Jr. (November 15, 1921 – June 30, 2021) was an American politician who served on the New Orleans City Council from 1954 to 1966[1] and as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana from 1972 to 1980.[2] [3]
Fitzmorris graduated from Loyola University New Orleans in 1962 and was an initiated member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity from the University of New Orleans.[4]