Robert Morris (New Jersey)

Robert Morris was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He was nominated by President George Washington on December 17, 1790. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 20, 1790,^[1] and received commission that same day. He was reassigned on February 13, 1801.

Robert Morris was reassigned to the United States District Court for the Western District of New Jersey and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New Jersey on February 13, 1801. He was reassigned on July 1, 1802.

Robert Morris was reassigned to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on July 1, 1802. He served until his death on June 2, 1815. Morris was succeeded in this position by William Sanford Pennington.

Early life and education

• Read law, 1770

Professional career

• Private practice, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1770-1776
• Chief justice, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1777-1779
• Private practice, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1779-1790

Judicial career

District of New Jersey

Morris was nominated by President George Washington on December 17, 1790. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 20, 1790, and received commission that same day. He was reassigned on February 13, 1801.^[1]

Robert Morris was reassigned to the United States District Court for the Western District of New Jersey and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New Jersey on February 13, 1801. He was reassigned on July 1, 1802.

Robert Morris was reassigned to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on July 1, 1802. He served until his death on June 2, 1815. Morris was succeeded in this position by William Sanford Pennington.

External links

• Biography of Robert Morris from the Federal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated by George Washington
Washington	Bedford • Blair • Brearley • Cushing • Duane • Hopkinson • Innes • Jay • Law • Lowell • Pendleton • Rutledge • Sewall • Sullivan • Wilson
1790	Bee • Drayton • Griffin • Iredell • Marchant • Morris • Paca • Sitgreaves • Stokes
1791 - 92	Chipman • Johnson • Lewis • Peters
1793 - 95	Hitchcock • Paterson • Laurance • Pickering
1796	Bourne • Chase • Clay • Ellsworth • Troup
1797	McNairy

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Active judges	Chief Judge: Renee Bumb   •  Susan Wigenton  •  Madeline Arleo  •  Claire Cecchi  •  Esther Salas  •  Michael Shipp  •  Karen Williams (New Jersey)  •  Robert Kirsch  •  Brian R. Martinotti  •  Julien Xavier Neals  •  Zahid Quraishi  •  Christine O'Hearn  •  Evelyn Padin  •  Georgette Castner  •  Michael Farbiarz  •  Jamel Semper  •  Edward Kiel
Senior judges	Mary Cooper  •  Anne Thompson  •  Stanley Chesler  •  Katharine Hayden  •  William Martini  •  Peter Sheridan  •  Noel Hillman  •  Robert Kugler  •  Joseph Rodriguez  •  Kevin McNulty  •
Magistrate judges	Tonianne Bongiovanni  •  Mark Falk  •  Ann Donio  •  Douglas Arpert  •  Lois Goodman  •  Michael A. Hammer  •  Cathy L. Waldor  •  James B. Clark, III  •  Leda Dunn Wettre  •  Sharon King  •  Jessica Allen  •  Matthew Skahill  •  André Espinosa  •
Former Article III judges	Garrett Brown  •  Joel Pisano  •  Freda Wolfson  •  Harold Ackerman  •  Dennis Cavanaugh  •  Dickinson Debevoise  •  Joseph Greenaway  •  Faith Hochberg  •  Jose Linares  •  Stanley Brotman  •  Joseph Irenas  •  Jerome Simandle  •  David Brearley  •  Robert Morris (New Jersey)  •  William Sanford Pennington  •  William Rossell  •  Mahlon Dickerson  •  Philemon Dickerson  •  Richard Stockton Field  •  John Thompson Nixon  •  Andrew Kirkpatrick  •  Leonard Garth  •  Robert Cowen  •  Maryanne Trump Barry  •  Lee Sarokin  •  Edward Green (New Jersey)  •  Joseph Cross  •  William Mershon Lanning  •  John Rellstab  •  Joseph Lamb Bodine  •  John Warren Davis (Third Circuit)  •  Thomas Griffith Haight  •  Charles Francis Lynch  •  William Nelson Runyon  •  William Clark (New Jersey)  •  Guy Laverne Fake  •  James William McCarthy  •  John Boyd Avis  •  Phillip Forman  •  Anthony Augelli  •  George Barlow  •  William Bassler  •  John Bissell  •  Vincent Biunno  •  Mitchell Cohen  •  James Coolahan  •  John Gerry  •  Richard Hartshorne  •  John Kitchen  •  Frederick Lacey  •  Arthur Lane  •  Alfred Lechner  •  John Lifland  •  Thomas Madden  •  Thomas Meaney  •  Henry Meanor  •  Alfred Modarelli  •  Mendon Morrill  •  Stephen Orlofsky  •  Nicholas Politan  •  Robert Shaw (New Jersey)  •  William Francis Smith  •  Herbert Stern  •  Thomas Walker (New Jersey)  •  Lawrence Whipple  •  Alfred Wolin  •  Reynier Wortendyke  •  Clarkson Sherman Fisher  •  John Michael Vazquez  •  William Walls (New Jersey)  •
Former Chief judges	Garrett Brown  •  Anne Thompson  •  Freda Wolfson  •  Jerome Simandle  •  Guy Laverne Fake  •  Phillip Forman  •  Anthony Augelli  •  George Barlow  •  John Bissell  •  Mitchell Cohen  •  James Coolahan  •  John Gerry  •  Thomas Madden  •  William Francis Smith  •  Lawrence Whipple  •  Clarkson Sherman Fisher  •