William W. Morrow

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William W. Morrow

William W. Morrow (born July 15, 1843 in Milton , Wayne County , Indiana , †  July 24, 1929 in San Francisco , California ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1885 and 1891 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives ; later he became a federal judge .

Career

As early as 1845, William Morrow came with his parents to Adams County in Illinois , where he later attended both public and private schools. In 1859 he moved to Santa Rosa , California, where he worked as a teacher and in the mining industry. In 1862 he returned to the eastern United States to participate in the Civil War as a soldier in the Union Army . There he belonged to the Army of the Potomac . Between 1865 and 1869, Morrow worked for the US Treasury Department in California. After studying law at the same time and being admitted to the bar in 1869, he began to practice this profession in San Francisco. Between 1870 and 1874, Morrow was assistant federal attorney for California. In 1872 he helped found the San Francisco Bar Association, and served as its president in 1892 and 1893.

At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1879 and 1882 he was state chairman of his party in California. From 1880 to 1883, Morrow was an attorney on the California State Ports Commission. He also appeared as a lawyer before two commissions to clarify war indemnities. These were the French and American Claims Commission and the Alabama Claims Commission . In June 1884 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where James G. Blaine was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the congressional election of 1884 Morrow was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of California , where he succeeded Pleasant B. Tully on March 4, 1885 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1891 . In 1890 he renounced another candidacy.

On August 11, 1891, Morrow was appointed by US President Benjamin Harrison as a judge at the Federal District Court for Northern California, where he succeeded the late Ogden Hoffman after confirmation by the Senate on January 11, 1892 . After Joseph McKenna's appointment as US attorney general, President William McKinley nominated as his successor to the Federal Court of Appeals for the ninth district William Morrow, who took office on May 20, 1897. He retired on January 1, 1923. Morrow was also a co-founder of the American Red Cross . He died in San Francisco on July 24, 1929.

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SURNAME Morrow, William W.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH near Milton , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH July 24, 1929
Place of death San Francisco , California