William W. Morrow (July 15, 1843 – July 24, 1929) was an American politician and judge; serving at various times as a United States representative from California, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit.
William W. Morrow
Born 1843 in Milton, IN
Died 1929 in San Francisco, CA
FJC ID: 1699
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 6/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 9/year
California Northern District Court · 1892–1897U.S. Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit · 1897–1911Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1897–1929
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, San Francisco, California1869–1870, 1874–1885, 1891
- U.S. representative from California1885–1891
- California State Board of Harbor CommissionersAttorney · 1880–1883
District of CaliforniaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1870–1874
U.S. Department of the TreasurySpecial agent · 1865–1869
U.S. Army1862–1865
Appointments
1897–1911 · Appointed by William McKinley (Republican)Term ended: Abolition of Court- 1897–1929 · Appointed by William McKinley (Republican)Term ended: Death
1892–1897 · Appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- Read law1869