Mendon Morrill

Mendon Morrill (September 18, 1902 – March 12, 1961) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Education and career[]

Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Morrill graduated from Harvard College in 1923 and received a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1926. He was in private practice in Massachusetts and in Paterson, New Jersey. In 1942, he became a first lieutenant in the United States Army.^[1][2]

Federal judicial service[]

On March 25, 1958, Morrill was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by Judge Alfred E. Modarelli. Morrill was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 22, 1958, and received his commission on April 23, 1958. Morrill served in that capacity until his death on March 12, 1961.^[1]

See also[]

• List of Jewish American jurists

References[]

Sources[]

• Mendon Morrill at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.