Robert Morris Montgomery (May 12, 1849 – June 27, 1920) was a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and a Presiding Judge of the United States Court of Customs Appeals.
Robert Morris Montgomery
Born 1849 in Eaton Rapids, MI
Died 1920 in Eaton Rapids, MI
FJC ID: 3300
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Michigan Supreme CourtJustice · 1892–1910
- ↳chief justice · 1900–1901, 1910
- Private practice, Grand Rapids, Michigan1877, 1888–1891
- Michigan Circuit Court, Seventeenth Judicial CircuitJudge · 1881–1888
Western District of MichiganAssistant U.S. attorney · 1877–1881- Oceana County, MichiganProsecutor · 1873–1877
- Private practice, Pentwater, Michigan1871–1873
- State of MichiganAssistant assessor of internal revenue · 1873
Seventh Michigan CavalryU.S. Army · 1864
Appointments
- U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals)1910–1920 · Appointed by William H. Taft (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law1870