Morris Hood, Jr.

Morris Hood, Jr. was a Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing part of Detroit from 1971 until his death in 1998.
Born in Detroit in 1934, Hood served in the United States Army and attended Wayne State University. In 1970, he was elected to the House, and was re-elected 14 times. (His last term was the last he could have served under Michigan's term limits.) While in the House, Hood chaired the Appropriations Committee.
Hood died of a heart attack on October 7, 1998. His body laid in state in the Capitol rotunda, the first legislator to receive the honor.
Hood served as a delegate to four Democratic National Conventions. His son, Morris Hood III, is a member of the Michigan Senate.
He was the primary founder of the King-Chavez-Parks Initiative scholarship program.