Logan Morris

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Logan Morris (October 25, 1889 – October 20, 1977) was a judge of the United States Board of Tax Appeals (later the United States Tax Court) from 1925 to 1937.

Born in Logan, Utah, Morris was a Mormon missionary in Switzerland and Germany from 1911 to 1913,[1] and then served as secretary to Senator Reed Smoot,[2] moving to Washington, D.C., for that purpose in 1914,[3] and receiving his law degree from the George Washington University in 1917.[4] He served as an officer in the United States Army in World War I.[3] Returning from the war, he was a clerk for the United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, and an attorney for various government agencies.[3][5]

In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Morris as a special attorney for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, and in 1925, President Calvin Coolidge appointed Morris to the newly formed Board of Tax Appeals.[5] Morris served in that body for 12 years, including a four-year term as chief judge.[3][5] Morris resigned from the Board of Tax Appeals in 1937 to enter private practice,[5] and was succeeded by Clarence V. Opper.[6]

Morris retired from the practice of law in 1963, and died at Washington Hospital Center at the age of 88.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Logan Morris". The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "Tax Appeal Board Is Placed In Peril By Senate Delay", The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (June 6, 1926), p. 4.
  3. ^ a b c d "Comforts Return Home After Trip", The Greenville News (November 2, 1966), p. 16.
  4. ^ "G. W. U. Notes", The Washington Herald (February 17, 1918), p. 18.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Logan Morris, 1st Appointee To U.S. Board of Tax Appeals". The Washington Post. November 2, 1977.
  6. ^ "Logan Morris Vacancy On Tax Board Filled", The Salt Lake Tribune (January 13, 1938), p. 4.


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