William W. Morrow

William W. Morrow (July 15, 1843 – July 24, 1929) was an American politician and judge; serving at various times as a United States representative from California, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit.

Education and career

Born on July 15, 1843, in Milton, Indiana, Morrow moved with his parents to Adams County, Illinois, in 1845 and attended the common schools and received private instruction. He moved to Santa Rosa, California, in 1859 and taught school and explored mining regions.

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1890.

Other service Morrow was one of the incorporators of the American Red Cross.

Personal life Morrow's mother, Margaret Tilley Morrow (1805–1864), was, according to her obituary, widowed twice. Her second husband, Morrow's father, was an Irishman who died only eight years after they were married.

Morrow married Margaret Hulbert (October 1, 1847 – August 26, 1926), a native of Iowa, on June 18, 1865, in Sonoma, California. Together they had four children: William Hulbert Morrow (1868–1930); married Katherine Dillon Hinkle (1870–1955) and had one daughter, Arabelle Morrow Mann (1893–1963). Maurice Morrow (1869–1870) Maud Morrow (1873–1926); married on October 13, 1893, to then Lieutenant (later Rear Admiral) Augustus F. Fechteler, who served during the Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War, and World War I in the United States Navy. Eleanor Morrow (1879–1958); married Henry Latrobe Roosevelt (1879–1936) on January 15, 1902. He served as a United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1933 to 1936.

Electoral history