Original sentence: , (January 18, 1912 -- May 22, 1964) was the mayor of New Orleans from 1946-1961 who failed in three hard-fought bids for the then pivotal Louisiana Democratic gubernatorial nomination
Edited sentence: , (January 18, 1912 -- May 22, 1964) was the mayor of New Orleans from 1946-1961 who failed in three hard-fought bids for the then-pivotal Louisiana Democratic gubernatorial nomination.New Orleans' peak population was reached during Morrison's mayoralty, when the 1960 Census recorded 627,525 inhabitants, a 10.0% increase from the 1950 Census figures.Though the population of metropolitan New Orleans would continue to grow, the city itself has yet to regain its 1960 high-water mark