James Morris (North Dakota), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About James Morris (North Dakota)
- James Morris (January 2, 1893 – July 20, 1980) was Attorney General of North Dakota, and a Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1935 to 1964.Born in a sod house in Bordulac, North Dakota, Morris attended high school and college in Cincinnati, receiving his law degree from the University of Cincinnati Law School.
- He entered the practice of law in Carrington, North Dakota, which was interrupted by service in World War II.
- He was appointed Assistant Attorney General in 1928, winning election to the office of Attorney General later that year.
- In 1934 he defeated Justice George Moellring for a seat on the North Dakota Supreme Court.
- Morris was reelected in 1944 and 1954, and served continuously except for a year-long leave of absence to accept an appointment from President Harry Truman to serve as a trial judge for a War Crimes Tribunal in Germany following World War II.
- He did not serve as a judge for the more famous Nuremberg trials, but served on a tribunal for the trial of twenty-three officials of I.G.
- Farben Industries.He died in Bismarck, North Dakota.
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