{"id":1828,"date":"2020-05-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1828"},"modified":"2020-06-12T14:51:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T14:51:18","slug":"morris-hood-iii-politician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1828","title":{"rendered":"Morris Hood III, politician"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Morris Hood III \u2013an American politician who served as a member of the Michigan Senate \u2013 died on May 12, 2020 due to Covid-19.\n<\/p>\n

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He represented District 3, encompassing Dearborn, Melvindale, and a portion of Detroit from 2011 to 2018.\n<\/p>\n

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Hood was born in Detroit. He went to Wayne State University and Henry Ford College. Hood was the son of Morris Hood Jr. and the nephew of Raymond W. Hood.\n<\/p>\n

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Prior to his election to the Legislature, Hood was an auto technician at Ford Motor Company’s Detroit Engine Fuel Tank Plant. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the House in 1998. Hood was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2003, serving for three terms.\n<\/p>\n

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He was elected to the Michigan Senate in 2010, also serving as the Michigan Senate Minority Leader until 2018. He was unable to run for re-election due to term-limits, and was succeeded by Sylvia Santana. Hood won his father’s legislative seat, as he was the son of former Michigan State Rep. Morris Hood Jr., who died in 1998.\n<\/p>\n

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Due to term limits, Hood went to work in Wayne County administration after his stint in the Michigan State senate ended. Hood III, a widower, was survived by his second wife. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a former state lawmaker herself and colleague of Hood, called him “A dear friend and proud Detroiter dedicated to community service.”\n<\/p>\n

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Morris Hood III \u2013an American politician who served as a member of the Michigan Senate \u2013 died on May 12, 2020 due to Covid-19. He represented District 3, encompassing Dearborn, Melvindale, and a portion of Detroit from 2011 to 2018. Hood was born in Detroit. He went to Wayne State University and Henry Ford College. 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