John T. Morgan (judge)
John T. Morgan | |
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Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court | |
In office 1895–1896 | |
Preceded by | Joseph W. Huston |
Succeeded by | Ralph P. Quarles |
Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court | |
In office October 1890 – 1896 | |
Preceded by | seat created |
Succeeded by | Ralph P. Quarles |
Delegate to the Idaho Constitutional Convention | |
In office July 4, 1889 – August 6, 1889 | |
Constituency | Boise County |
Chief Justice of the Idaho Territorial Supreme Court | |
In office June 10, 1879 – August 1885 | |
Appointed by | Rutherford B. Hayes Chester A. Arthur |
Preceded by | William George Thompson |
Succeeded by | James B. Hays |
Personal details | |
Born | Hamburg, New York, U.S. | November 25, 1831
Died | (aged 1831) Boise, Idaho, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Maria Horroun (m. 1858) |
Children | 4 |
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John Titus Morgan (November 25, 1831 – September 14, 1910) was an American jurist and politician who served as Chief Justice of the Idaho Territorial Supreme Court from 1879 to 1885 and as Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court from 1890 to 1896.
Early life, education, and military service
Born on November 25, 1831, in
In 1856 he entered the practice of law in Monmouth, Illinois, and "soon secured a large and distinctively representative clientele".
Political and judicial service
Returning to Illinois, Morgan resumed the practice of law in Monmouth. In 1867 he was appointed registrar in bankruptcy, filling the office until 1879. During this period, he became active in politics. In 1870 he was elected to the
Morgan was nominated by President
Morgan resumed the practice of law in Boise, Idaho, and developed a large clientele throughout the eastern part of the state. He supported Idaho's admission to the Union, and when it became necessary to frame a state constitution he was elected as a member of the Idaho Constitutional Convention, and chaired the committee on the legislative department. In October 1890, he was elected as one of the justices of the Supreme Court of Idaho, serving until March 4, 1897, when he again resumed his law practice.[1] In 1902, Morgan published a booklet advising prospectors of where mining claims could be found in one region of Idaho.[8]
Personal life and death
In November, 1858, Morgan married Maria Horroun of Pennsylvania, with whom he had four children.[1]
Morgan died in his home in Boise, following a paralytic stroke,[9] and was memorialized in the reports of the Idaho Supreme Court the following year.[10]
References
- ^ a b c d e An Illustrated History of the State of Idaho (1899), p. 87.
- ^ Judges of the United States. 1978.
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- ^ Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America from March 21, 1879, to March 3, 1881, inclusive. Government Printing Office. 1901.
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ignored (help) - ^ Spofford, Ainsworth R., ed. (1880). American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial, and Political for the Year 1880.
- ^ Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America from December 3, 1883, to March 3, 1885, inclusive. Government Printing Office. 1901.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Judge J. B. Hayes". The Idaho Statesman. August 13, 1885.
- ^ "Book for Prospectors", The Idaho Statesman (March 15, 1902), p. 5.
- ^ "Eminent Jurist Dead", The Caldwell Tribune (September 16, 1910), p. 3.
- ^ Idaho Supreme Court, "In Memoriam. In the Matter of Resolutions Concerning the death of Honorable John T . Morgan", Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Idaho (1911), p. 794.