William Morrow
William W. Morrow (1843-1929) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Early life and education
Professional career
- U.S. Army, 1862-1865
- Special agent, U.S. Treasury Department, 1865-1869
- Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1869-1870
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of California, 1870-1874
- Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1874-1885
- Attorney, California State Board of Harbor Commissioners, 1880-1883
- U.S. Representative from California, 1885-1891
- Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1891[1]
Judicial career
Ninth Circuit
Morrow was nominated by President William McKinley on May 18, 1897. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 20, 1897, and received commission that same day. He served until his death on July 24, 1929.[1]
Northern District of California
Morrow received a recess appointment from President Benjamin Harrison on August 11, 1891 and was nominated on December 10th. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 11, 1892, and received commission that same day. He served on this court until June 1, 1897.[1] Morrow was succeeded in this position by John Jefferson DeHaven.
External links
- Biography from "Infoplease".
- Judge Morrow's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Morrow's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Ogden Hoffman |
Northern District of California 1891–1897 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: John Jefferson DeHaven |
| Preceded by: Joseph McKenna |
Ninth Circuit 1897–1923 |
Succeeded by: '
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| 1889 | |||
| 1890 |
Brown • Bryant • Caldwell • Edgerton • Green • Ham • Hanford • Hawley • Jewell • Knowles • Ricks • Riner • Sharpe • Sharretts • Shurtleff • Somerville • Stackpole • Swayne • Thomas • Tichenor • Wilkinson • Williams | ||
| 1891 |
Acheson • Aldrich • Lunt • Putnam • Reed • Swan | ||
| 1892 |
Baker • Beatty • Buffington • Dallas • Gilbert • Goff • Grosscup • McCormick • McKenna • Morrow • Niles • Peelle • Rector • Sanborn • Shipman • Shiras • Taft • Townsend • Woolson • Woods | ||
| 1893 | |||
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| 1897 | |||
| 1898 | |||
| 1899 |
Barnard • Clabaugh • Day • Evans • Fischer • Gray • Grosscup • Hook • Howell • Kohlsaat • McPherson • Shelby | ||
| 1900 |
Boyd • De Vries • Hazel • McPherson • Severens • Trieber • Wanty | ||
| 1901 |
Adams • Anderson • Archbald • Cochran • Humphrey • Keller • Wing | ||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Richard Seeborg • Beth Labson Freeman • Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers • Trina Thompson • Jon S. Tigar • Jacqueline Scott Corley • James Donato • Vince Girdhari Chhabria • Haywood Stirling Gilliam, Jr. • Noël Wise • Rita Lin • Eumi Lee • Araceli Martínez-Olguín • P. Casey Pitts | ||
| Senior judges |
Thelton Henderson • William Alsup (California) • Saundra Armstrong • Charles Breyer • Maxine Chesney • Phyllis Hamilton • Susan Illston • Claudia Wilken • Edward Chen • Jeffrey White • Edward J. Davila • William Orrick III • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Kandis Westmore • Laurel Beeler • Nathanael Cousins • Donna Ryu • Sallie Kim • Susan van Keulen • Thomas Hixson • Alex Tse • Robert Illman • Virginia DeMarchi • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Dal Lemmon • Oliver Hamlin • Cecil Poole • Ogden Hoffman • William Morrow • John Jefferson DeHaven • William Cary Van Fleet • Maurice Timothy Dooling • John Slater Partridge • Vaughn Walker • Jeremy Fogel • Marilyn Patel • James Ware • Ronald Whyte • Frank Henry Kerrigan • Harold Louderback • Adolphus Frederic St. Sure • Michael Roche (California) • Sherrill Halbert • Thomas MacBride • Martin Welsh • Robert Aguilar (California federal judge) • Oliver Carter • Barbara Caulfield • Herbert Erskine • Monroe Friedman • Louis Goodman • George Harris (California) • William Ingram (California) • Charles Legge • Gerald Levin • Eugene Lynch • William Orrick Jr. • Robert Peckham • Charles Renfrew • Robert Schnacke • Fern Smith (California) • William Sweigert • John Vukasin • Stanley Weigel • Spencer Williams • Delwen Jensen • Samuel Conti • Patrica Trumbull • Albert Wollenberg • Alfonso Zirpoli • Lloyd Burke • Martin J. Jenkins • Lucy H. Koh (California) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Vaughn Walker • Thelton Henderson • Phyllis Hamilton • Marilyn Patel • James Ware • Michael Roche (California) • Oliver Carter • Louis Goodman • George Harris (California) • William Ingram (California) • Robert Peckham • | ||
