Editing Cameron A. Morrison (section)

==Governorship==
With the backing of Sen. [[Furnifold Simmons]] and the help of [[race-baiting]] tactics employed by [[A. D. Watts]], Morrison defeated [[O. Max Gardner]] in the [[1920 North Carolina gubernatorial election|1920]] Democratic primary for governor.<ref>[http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/1139946.html News & Observer: "What the obituary didn't say" by Rob Christensen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718182552/http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/1139946.html |date=2008-07-18 }}</ref> In the general election, he defeated Republican nominee [[John J. Parker]].

Morrison was inaugurated on January 12, 1921.<ref>{{cite news| title = Morrison, Bickett And Gardner All Receive Ovation At Inaugural| newspaper = The Morning Star| page = 1| date = January 13, 1921|volume=CVI|issue=132}}</ref> He came to be called "the Good Roads governor" for his support of a modern highway system. Morrison also presided over various reforms<ref>[https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/labor-legislation-1912-32-3905/labor-legislation-1921-492990?page=197 Title: Labor Legislation of 1921 : Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. 308, P.193-195]</ref><ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89073016529&seq=9 The North Carolina Democratic handbook, prepared by the State Democratic Committee, 1922. J.D. Norwood, chairman [and others], P.39-40]</ref><ref>[https://archives.ncdcr.gov/morrison-cameron/open GOVERNOR CAMERON MORRISON, n.d., 1921-1926]</ref> and pushed for increased funds for public education, while also battling the teaching of the theory of [[evolution]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/evolution/bio/morrison.html|title=Evolution Controversy in NC in the 1920s|work=unc.edu|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220231119/http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/evolution/bio/morrison.html|archive-date=20 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>