High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! James Hollis Morris, known as Jim Morris (born May 3, 1954) is a businessman from Oil City in northern 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 McArthur “Hoppy” Hopkins of Oil City, who died in office. The previous Republican representative from District I is retired banker Bruce Lynn of Gilliam, who served from 1976-1988. Morris resides in Belcher, but his district office is in Oil City.