Mendon Morrill

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Mendon Morrill
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
In office
April 23, 1958 – March 12, 1961
Appointed byDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byAlfred Egidio Modarelli
Succeeded byJames Aloysius Coolahan
Personal details
Born
Mendon Morrill

(1902-09-18)September 18, 1902
Worcester, Massachusetts
DiedMarch 12, 1961(1961-03-12) (aged 58)
EducationHarvard College
Harvard Law School (LL.B.)

Mendon Morrill (September 18, 1902 – March 12, 1961) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Education and career[edit]

Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Morrill graduated from Harvard College in 1923 and received a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1926. He was in private practice in Massachusetts and in Paterson, New Jersey. In 1942, he became a first lieutenant in the United States Army.[1][2]

Federal judicial service[edit]

On March 25, 1958, Morrill was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by Judge Alfred E. Modarelli. Morrill was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 22, 1958, and received his commission on April 23, 1958. Morrill served in that capacity until his death on March 12, 1961.[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Mendon Morrill at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  2. ^ "Meendon Morrill Gets Commission", The Paterson Evening News, Paterson, New Jersey, 52nd year, volume 258, October 23, 1942, page 28.

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
1958–1961
Succeeded by