William W. Morrow was a US Representative from California

California

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 from 1885–1891. Born near Milton

Milton, Indiana

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, Wayne County, Indiana

Wayne County, Indiana

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, he moved with his parents to Adams County, Illinois

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 in 1845, attended the common schools and received private instruction. He moved to Santa Rosa, California

Santa Rosa, California

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, in 1859, taught school and explored mining regions. Morrow went East in 1862 to join the Union Army

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 and served in the National Rifles of the District of Columbia. While in the Army of the Potomac

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 he was appointed a special agent of the United States Treasury Department in January, 1865, and was detailed to California. He remained there and was employed during the next four years in confidential positions under the Secretary of the Treasury. Morrow studied law, was admitted to the bar

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 in 1869 and commenced practice in San Francisco. He was assistant United States Attorney

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 for California from 1870–1874, assisted in organizing the San Francisco Bar Association in 1872 and served as its president in 1892 and 1893. Morrow served as chairman of the Republican State central committee of California 1879–1882, attorney for the State board of harbor commissioners from 1880–1883, and also special United States attorney before the French and American Claims Commission 1881–1883, and before the Alabama Claims Commission 1882–1885. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention

Republican National Convention

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 in 1884, elected as a Republican

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 to the Forty-ninth

49th United States Congress

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, Fiftieth

50th United States Congress

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, and Fifty-first

50th United States Congress

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 Congresses (March 4, 1885–March 3, 1891). Morrow was not a candidate for renomination in 1890.

He was appointed United States District Judge for the Northern District of California

United States District Court for the Northern District of California

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 1891–1897 and then United States court of appeals

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 judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit

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 1897–1922. Morrow retired from the bench on January 1, 1923.

He was one of the incorporators of the American Red Cross

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 and resided in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, until his death in that city on July 24, 1929. Morrow was interred in Cypress Lawn Cemetery, Colma, California

Colma, California

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