Amos Morrill

Amos Morrill (1809-1884) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

He was nominated by President Ulysses Grant on January 18, 1872. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 5, 1872, and received commission that same day. He retired on October 18, 1883.^[1] Morrill was succeeded in this position by Chauncey Brewer Sabin. Morrill died on March 5, 1884.

Early life and education

• Bowdoin College, 1834
• Read law, 1836^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1836-1839
• Private practice, Clarksville, Texas, 1839-1856
• Private practice, Austin, Texas, 1856-1868
• Justice, Texas Supreme Court, 1868-1870
• Private practice, Austin, Texas, 1870-1872
• Private practice, Austin, Texas, 1883-1884^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Eastern District of Texas

Morrill was nominated by President Ulysses Grant on January 18, 1872. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 5, 1872, and received commission that same day. He retired on October 18, 1883.^[1] Morrill was succeeded in this position by Chauncey Brewer Sabin.

External links

• Judge Morrill's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated by Ulysses Grant
1869	Dillon • Drummond • Gresham • Hillyer • McKennan • Shepley • Woodruff • Woods
1870	Blodgett • Bond • Bradley • Charles Daniel Drake • Emmons • Hopkins • Humphreys • Knowles • Longyear • MacArthur • Nixon • Sawyer • Strong • Winch
1871	Bradford • McKinney • Rives • Story • Swing
1872	Dick • Hunt • Locke • Morrill
1873	Howe • Shipman • Welker
1874	Foster • Hughes • Richarson •Waite • Wallace
1875	Brown • Bruce • Dyer • Johnson • Parker
1876 -77	Billings • Hallett • Ketcham • Settle

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Active judges	Chief Judge: James Gilstrap   •  Marcia Crone  •  Amos Mazzant  •  Michael Truncale  •  Robert William Schroeder III  •  J. Campbell Barker  •  Jeremy Kernodle  •  Sean Jordan
Senior judges	Ron Clark  •  Richard Schell  •
Magistrate judges	John Love (Texas)  •  Zack Hawthorn  •  Roy Payne  •  Katie Nicole Mitchell  •  Kimberly Priest Johnson  •  Christine Stetson  •
Former Article III judges	John Charles Watrous  •  Amos Morrill  •  Joel Winch  •  Chauncey Brewer Sabin  •  Robert Parker  •  David Ezekiel Bryant  •  Gordon James Russell  •  William Lee Estes  •  Thad Heartfield  •  Leonard Davis  •  David Folsom  •  T. John Ward  •  William Justice  •  Randolph Bryant  •  Paul N. Brown (Texas)  •  Lamar Cecil  •  Howell Cobb  •  Joseph Fisher (Texas)  •  Sam Hall (Texas)  •  John H. Hannah (Texas)  •  Joseph Sheehy  •  William Steger  •
Former Chief judges	Robert Parker  •  Thad Heartfield  •  David Folsom  •  Richard Schell  •  William Justice  •  Joseph Fisher (Texas)  •  John H. Hannah (Texas)  •  Joseph Sheehy  •