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Robert Morris

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey · 1790–1802

Robert Morris , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Robert Morris (1745 – June 2, 1815) was chief justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New Jersey and the United States District Court for the Western District of New Jersey.

Education

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Career

Private practice, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1770-1776, 1779-1790; Chief justice, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1777-1779

Biography

Robert Morris (1745 – June 2, 1815) was chief justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New Jersey and the United States District Court for the Western District of New Jersey.

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