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James Madison Morton Jr.

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1912–1932

James Madison Morton Jr., Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Education

  • Harvard CollegeA.B., 1891
  • Harvard CollegeA.M., 1894
  • Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1894

Career

Private practice, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1894-1912

Biography

James Madison Morton Jr. (August 24, 1869 – June 26, 1940) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and previously was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

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