1. Robert Page Waller Morris was a United States representative from Minnesota and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
19 Facts About Page Morris
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Page Morris was recognized as the valedictorian, and an academic medalist.
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Page Morris joined the Texas Military Institute as a professor of mathematics in 1873, a position he held until 1876.
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Page Morris believed in putting the boys on their honor and trusting them implicitly, and yet Major Morris, as Commandant, insisted upon carrying out the governmental requirements as to military training and that did not altogether suit the president.
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Page Morris addressed the situation in a hearing before the Board held in Bryan Texas, in November 1879.
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Page Morris's testimony was transcribed and printed by the Galveston Daily News.
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Page Morris began reading law in 1880 and was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Lynchburg from 1880 to 1886.
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Page Morris was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives of the 49th United States Congress from Virginia in 1884 though not elected.
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Page Morris continued private practice in Duluth, Minnesota starting in 1886.
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Page Morris was a Judge of the Duluth Municipal Court starting in 1889.
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Page Morris was city attorney of Duluth starting in 1894.
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Page Morris was a Judge of the Minnesota District Court for the Eleventh Judicial District from 1895 to 1896.
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Page Morris was elected as a Republican from Minnesota's 6th congressional district to the United States House of Representatives of the 55th, 56th, and 57th United States Congresses, serving from March 4,1897, to March 3,1903.
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Page Morris was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on March 5,1903, to the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, to a new seat authorized by 32 Stat.
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Page Morris was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 9,1903, and received his commission the same day.
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Page Morris assumed inactive senior status on June 30,1923, meaning that while he remained a federal judge, he did not hear any cases or conduct any business for the court.
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Page Morris moved to Pasadena, California, after taking senior status.
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Page Morris's service terminated on December 16,1924, due to his death in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota.
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Page Morris was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery in Duluth.