Robert Morris Montgomery (Federal judge)
Robert Morris Montgomery (1849-1920) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Customs Appeals, which later became the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. He was also a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.
Federal judicial service
Montgomery was nominated to the Court of Customs Appeals by President William Howard Taft. He was confirmed as presiding judge on March 30, 1910, and served in that capacity until his death on June 27, 1920.[1]
Education
- Read law, 1870
Professional career
- U.S. Army, Seventh Michigan Cavalry, 1864
- Private practice, Pentwater, Michigan, 1871
- Assistant assessor of internal revenue, Michigan, -1873
- Prosecuting attorney, Oceana County, 1873–1879
- Private practice, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1873-1877
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Michigan, 1877-1881
- Judge, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Michigan, 1881-1888
- Private practice, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1888-1891
- Associate justice, Supreme Court of Michigan, 1892-1900, 1902-1909
- Chief justice, Supreme Court of Michigan, 1900-1901, 1910
Footnotes
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| Former judges |
Almond • Baldwin • Barber • Bland • Cole • De Vries • Garrett • Graham • Hatfield • Jackson • Johnson • Lane • Lenroot • Markey • George Martin • Isaac Martin • Miller • Montgomery • Nies • O'Connell • Rich • Arthur Smith • James Smith • Worley • | ||
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| 1909 |
Bean • Carpenter • Connor • Donworth • Grubb • Hand • Hundley • Lanning • Lurton • Orr • Purdy • Rellstab • Warrington • Willard | ||
| 1910 |
Archbald • Barber • Carland • Cooper • Denison • De Vries • Hollister • Hughes • Hunt • Killits • Knapp • Knappen • Lamar • Mack • Montgomery • Rasch • Rose • Russell • Smith • Van Devanter • Van Valkenburgh • White | ||
| 1911 |
Angell • Day • Denison • Elliott • Martin • Rudkin • Schofield • Sessions • H. Smith • W. Smith • Veeder • Whitmer • Youmans • | ||
| 1912 |
Bourquin • Cheney • Cushman • Dodge • Geiger • Howard • Mayer • McPherson • Morton • Pitney • Pope • Sloan • Thompson • Tuttle • | ||
