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Robert Morris Montgomery
Former judge · U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals)
Robert Morris Montgomery served on the U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals). Appointed by William H. Taft and confirmed Mar 30, 1910.
- Appointed by
- William H. Taft
- Confirmed
- Mar 30, 1910
- Born
- 1849
Appointments
- Presiding Judge, U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals)William H. Taft · Mar 30, 1910 – Jun 27, 1920
Education
- Read law1870
Career
U.S. Army, Seventh Michigan Cavalry, 1864; Private practice, Pentwater, Michigan, 1871-1873; Assistant assessor of internal revenue, State of Michigan, 1873; Prosecutor, Oceana County, Michigan, 1873-1877; Private practice, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1877, 1888-1891; Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Michigan, 1877-1881; Judge, Michigan Circuit Court, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, 1881-1888; Justice, Michigan Supreme Court, 1892-1910; chief justice, 1900-1901, 1910
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