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Robert Morris

Robert Morris

New Jersey District Court

Born 1745 in New Brunswick, NJ

Died 1815 in New Brunswick, NJ

FJC ID: 1697

Robert Morris (1745 – June 2, 1815) was chief justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New Jersey and the United States District Court for the Western District of New Jersey.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, New Brunswick, New Jersey
    1770–1776, 1779–1790
  2. Supreme Court of New Jersey
    Chief justice · 1777–1779

Appointments

  1. District Court of Appeal of Florida
  2. New Jersey District Court
    1802–1815 (None (reassignment))
    Term ended: Death
  3. New Jersey District Court
    1801–1802
    Term ended: other_pos
  4. U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New Jersey
    1801–1802 (None (reassignment))
    Term ended: Reassignment
  5. New Jersey District Court
    1790–1801 · Appointed by George Washington
    Term ended: Reassignment

Education

  1. University of Florida
    ba
  2. DePaul University
    jd
  3. Read law
    1770