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4 unusual facts about Louisiana State Lottery Company


Alfred Hennen Morris

The son of Louisiana Lottery "king" John Albert Morris and his wife Cora Hennen, he was named for his maternal grandfather, Judge Alfred Hennen, of New Orleans, a Justice on the Louisiana Supreme Court.

Louisiana Lottery

Louisiana State Lottery Company, a private lottery operated in the mid-19th century

Louisiana State Lottery Company

The prominent Presbyterian minister of First Presbyterian Church, Benjamin M. Palmer, delivered an anti-lottery speech on June 25, 1891 at one of the League's largest meetings at the Grand Opera House in New Orleans.

Charles T. Howard, 1832–1885, first president of the Louisiana State Lottery Co.


History of lobbying in the United States

For example, Charles T. Howard of the Louisiana State Lottery Company actively lobbied state legislators and the governor of Louisiana for the purpose of getting a license to sell lottery tickets.


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