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William W. Morrow

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-07-1882 Republican CD-AL 73747 Loss
11-04-1884 Republican CD-04 15083 Win
11-02-1886 Republican CD-04 11413 Win
11-06-1888 Republican CD-04 14217 Win
Website: bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001006
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: July 15, 1843 near Milton, Indiana
Died: July 24, 1929 in San Francisco, CA

1870-1874: Assistant United States Attorney for California
1872: Assisted in organizing the San Francisco Bar Association
1879-1882: Chair, Republican State Central Committee
1880-1883: Attorney, State Board of Harbor Commissioners
1881-1883: Special United States Attorney, French and American Claims Commission
1882-1885: Special United States Attorney, Alabama Claims Commission
1884: Delegate, Republican National Convention
1891-1897: Justice, United States District Court, Northern California
1892-1893: President, San Francisco Bar Association
1897-1923: Justice, United States Circuit Court, Ninth Circuit
Later: Incorporator, American Red Cross

Source: "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present" (U.S. Library of Congress) [http://bioguide.congress.gov/