Albert Morris Sames

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Arizona

Years in office: 1946 - 1958

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Years in office: 1931 - 1946

Education

Law

University of Wisconsin Law School, 1894

Graduate

Columbia University, 1895

Personal

Birthplace

Rockford, IL

Albert Morris Sames (1873-1958) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of Arizona.

He was nominated by PresidentHerbert Hoover on January 29, 1931 to replaceWilliam Henry Sawtelle. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 6th of that year, and received commission onFebruary 21st. OnApril 1, 1946, he assumedsenior status and he continued to serve in this capacity until his death onMarch 16, 1958. Sames was succeeded in this position byHoward Speakman.

Early life and education

• University of Wisconsin Law School, LL.B., 1894
• Columbia University, LL.M., 1895

Professional career

• Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1898-1899
• Private practice, Solomonville, Arizona, 1899-1902
• Private practice, Douglas, Arizona, 1902-1916
• Assistant district attorney, Cochise County, Arizona, 1904
• City clerk and treasurer, Douglas, Arizona, 1905
• U.S. Commissioner, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, 1906-1914
• Chairman, Republican Territorial Central Committee, 1911-1912
• City attorney, Douglas, Arizona, 1914-1916
• Chairman, Arizona State Republican Committee, 1918-1920
• Judge, Superior Court, Cochise County, Arizona, 1921-1931

Judicial nominations and appointments

District of Arizona

Sames was nominated by PresidentHerbert Hoover on January 29, 1931 to replaceWilliam Henry Sawtelle.^[1] He was confirmed by the Senate on February 6th of that year, and received commission onFebruary 21st. OnApril 1, 1946, he assumedsenior status and he continued to serve in this capacity until his death onMarch 16, 1958. Sames was succeeded in this position byHoward Speakman.

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byHerbert Hoover
1929	Avis •Byers •Caffey •Coxe, Jr. •Galston •Gardner •Glenn •Hopkins •Lenroot •Littleton •McDermott •Phillips •Sparks •Watson •Wheat •Wilbur •Wilson •Williams •Woolsey •Wyman
1930	Adkins •Bryant •Cosgrave •Cox •Hincks •Hughes •Hutcheson •Luhring •Nields •Patterson •Roberts •Sibley •Thompson •Whaley •Wheat
1931	Barnes •Chesnut •Evans •Fee •Groner •Hincks •Hitz •Hollzer •Kennamer •Kennerly •Kincheloe •Knight •Letts •McMillan •Morton •Nordbye •O'Brien •O'Donoghue •Paul, Jr. •Proctor •Sames •Sanborn •Sawtelle •Soper •Strum •Underwood • Way
1932	Briggle •Cardozo •Dallinger •Forman •Johnson •Joyce •McLellan •Simons •Welsh

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Arizona
Active judges	•  Murray Snow  •  Susan Brnovich  •  Scott Rash  •  Jennifer Zipps  •  Rosemary Marquez  •  Steven Logan  •  Diane Humetewa  •  John Tuchi  •  Dominic Lanza  •  Michael Liburdi  •  John Hinderaker  •  Krissa Lanham  •  Angela Martinez (Arizona)  •  Sharad Desai
Senior judges	Stephen McNamee  •  Susan Bolton  •  David G. Campbell  •  Frederick Martone  •  Roslyn Silver  •  James Teilborg  •  David Bury  •  Raner Collins  •  Cindy Jorgenson  •  Frank Zapata  •  Neil Wake  •  Douglas Rayes  •  James A. Soto  •
Magistrate judges	Michelle Burns  •  Eileen Willett  •  D. Thomas Ferraro  •  Jacqueline Marshall Rateau  •  Bernardo Velasco  •  James F. Metcalf  •  Eric J. Markovich  •  Bruce G. Macdonald  •  Leslie A. Bowman  •  Alison Bachus  •  John Z. Boyle  •  Deborah Fine  •  Lynnette Kimmins  •  Camille Bibles  •  Michael Morrissey (Arizona)  •  Maria Aguilera  •
Former Article III judges	William Henry Sawtelle  •  Richard Elihu Sloan  •  Fred Clinton Jacobs  •  John Roll  •  Robert Broomfield  •  Earl Carroll  •  Mary Murguia  •  Albert Morris Sames  •  David Ling  •  Richard Bilby  •  William Browning  •  William Copple  •  Valdemar Cordova  •  Walter Craig  •  Arthur Davis  •  William Frey  •  Charles Muecke  •  Mary Richey  •  Howard Speakman  •  Charles Hardy (Arizona)  •  Alfredo Marquez  •  James A. Walsh  •
Former Chief judges	John Roll  •  Robert Broomfield  •  Stephen McNamee  •  Roslyn Silver  •  Richard Bilby  •  William Browning  •  Walter Craig  •  Charles Muecke  •  James A. Walsh  •