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“Dutch” Morial became New Orleans’ first black mayor in 1978 and served two terms. He was also the first African-Amer-ican graduate from Louisiana State Univer-sity’s law school; the first black assistant U.S. at-

torney in Louisiana; the first black Louisiana state legislator since reconstruction; and the first African-American elected to the Loui-siana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal.

Marc Morial succeeded his father as mayor in 1994 and served until 2002. Both he and his father unsuccessfully tried to push a change to the city’s charter to allow them to run for a third term.

“Dutch” was often at odds with the City Council, especially rival Sidney Barthelemy

who succeeded him as mayor. He refused to bow to demands in a police strike in 1979, which effectively canceled Mardi Gras.

“I think he will also be remembered for his tenacity and pugnaciousness. He was certainly controversial, and I think will be remembered for that also, and very fondly by some,” said former Mayor Moon Landrieu after Dutch died in 1989.

Marc Morial also clashed with the City Council as he worked to balance the city’s budget, and led efforts to create an ethics board and in-spector general’s office. Morial expanded the city’s economy through tourism, including expan-sion of the city’s conven-tion center, which his father built. Morial’s successes were tainted by indictments of some in his inner circle. The former mayor has successfully served as the president of the National Urban League since 2003.

The second term of Marc Morial, shown in 1998, ended in 2002 and was tainted by an in-vestigation into his administration’s contracts.

The Morials — Ernest N. “Dutch” and his son Marc, each had a lasting legacy in New Orleans — though both legacies are marked by dissent and controversy.

NEW ORLEANS MAYORS: 1803-1804: ÉTIENNE DE BORÉ • 1804: CAVALIER PETIT • 1804-1805: JAMES PITOT • 1805-1807: JOHN WATKINS • 1807-1812: JAMES MATHER • 1812: CHARLES TRUDEAU • 1812: NICHOLAS GIROD• 1812: LEBRETON DORGENOIS • 1812-1815: NICHOLAS GI-ROD • 1815-1820: AUGUSTIN DE MACARTY • 1820-1828: LOUIS PHILIPPE DE ROFFIGNAC • 1828-1838: DENIS PRIEUR • 1838: PAUL BERTUS • 1838-1840: CHARLES GENOIS • 1840-1842: WILLIAM FRERET • 1842-1843: DENIS PRIEUR • 1843: PAUL BERTUS • 1843-1844: WILLIAM FRERET • 1844-1846: JOSEPH MONTEGUT • 1846-1854: ABDIEL CROSSMAN • 1854-1856: JOHN L. LEWIS • 1856-1858: CHARLES W. WATERMAN • 1858: HENRY M. SUMMERS • 1858-1860: GERALD STITH • 1860-1862: JOHN T. MONROE • 1862-1866: OFFICE SUSPENDED – CITY OCCUPIED BY  UNION ARMY • 1866-1867: JOHN T. MONROE • 1867-1868: EDWARD HEATH • 1868-1870: JOHN R. CONWAY • 1870-1872: BENJAMIN FLANDERS • 1872-1874: LOUIS A. WILTZ • 1874-1876: CHARLES J. LEEDS • 1876-1878: EDWARD PILSBURY • 1878-1880: ISAAC W. PATTON • 1880-1882: JOSEPH A. SHAKSPEARE • 1882-1884: WILLIAM J. BEHAN • 1884-1888: JOSEPH V. GUILLOTTE • 1888-1892: JOSEPH A. SHAKSPEARE • 1892-1896: JOHN FITZPATRICK • 1896-1900: WALTER C. FLOWER • 1900-1904: PAUL CAPDEVIELLE • 1904-1920: MARTIN BEHRMAN • 1920-1925: ANDREW J. MCSHANE • 1925-1926: MAR-TIN BEHRMAN • 1926-1929: ARTHUR J. O’KEEFE • 1929-1936: THOMAS S. WALMSLEY • 1936: ALBERT M. PRATT • 1936: FRED A. EARHART • 1936: JESSE S. CAVE • 1936-1946: ROBERT MAESTRI • 1946-1961: CHEP MORRISON • 1961-1970: VICTOR H. SCHIRO • 1970-1978: MAURICE ‘MOON’ LANDRIEU • 1978-1986: ERNEST N. ‘DUTCH’ MORIAL • 1986-1994: SIDNEY BARTHELEMY • 1994-2002: MARC MORIAL • 2002-2010: RAY NAGIN • 2010-: MITCH LANDRIEU

Sybil Haydel Morial, shown with son Marc in 1998, recalled her memories of New Orleans in a 2015 memoir ‘Witness to Change: From Jim Crow to Political Em-powerment.’

Lolis Elie, Rev. A.L. Davis, Ernest ‘Dutch’ Morial, the Rev. John B. Morris and Oretha Castle Haley, right, parade during the Sept. 30, 1963 Freedom March in New Orleans.

Dutch Morial wouldn’t give in to police union demands during a 1979 police strike, and lead the city to cancel Mardi Gras that year.

Both Dutch and Marc Morial tried to get the public to agree to lift term limits so they could run for a third term.

Ernest “Dutch” Morial

became the city’s first black mayor on May 2, 1978.

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