Morgan Welles Brown

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Years in office: 1839 - 1853

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Years in office: 1834 - 1853

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United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Years in office: 1834 - 1853

Education

Law

Read law, 1830

Personal

Birthplace

Clarksville, TN

Morgan Welles Brown (1800-1853) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee and theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

He was nominated by PresidentAndrew Jackson on December 18, 1833. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 31, 1833, and received commission onJanuary 3, 1834. He served until his death onMarch 7, 1853.

OnJune 18, 1839, he was also assigned toUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, where he served until his death.^[1] Brown was succeeded in this position byWest Hughes Humphreys.

Early life and education

• Read law, c. 1830^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Nashville, Tennessee, -1833
• Newspaper Editor, Nashville Republican, Nashville, Tennessee, 1832-1833
• Commissioner to oversee erection of the state capitol, Nashville, Tennessee, 1843-1844^[1]

Judicial career

Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee

Brown was nominated by PresidentAndrew Jackson on December 18, 1833. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 31, 1833, and received commission onJanuary 3, 1834. He served until his death onMarch 7, 1853.

Middle District of Tennessee

OnJune 18, 1839, he was also assigned toUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, where he served until his death.^[1] Brown was succeeded in this position byWest Hughes Humphreys.

External links

• Biography and information from theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit website.
• Morgan Welles Brown's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byAndrew Jackson
Jackson	Campbell •Harper •McLean •Baldwin •Barbour •Harvey •Ellis •Irwin •Brown •Leavitt •Monroe •Tappan •Wayne •Adams •Daniel •Heath •Holman •Johnson •Judson •Taney •Wells •Catron •Wilkins

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Active judges	Chief Judge: Sheryl H. Lipman  •  Stanley Anderson  •  Mark Norris  •  Thomas Parker (Tennessee)
Senior judges	Jon McCalla  •  James Dale Todd  •  Samuel Mays  •  J. Daniel Breen  •  John T. Fowlkes  •
Magistrate judges	Tu Pham  •  Edward Bryant  •  Charmiane Claxton  •  John York (Federal magistrate judge)  •  Annie Christoff  •
Former Article III judges	Bernice Donald  •  John McNairy  •  Morgan Welles Brown  •  Julia Gibbons  •  Harry Wellford  •  West Hughes Humphreys  •  Connally Findlay Trigg  •  Eli Shelby Hammond  •  John Ethridge McCall  •  John William Ross  •  Harry Bennett Anderson  •  John Donelson Martin (Federal appeals court judge)  •  Marion Boyd  •  Bailey Brown  •  Odell Horton  •  Robert McRae  •  Jerome Turner (Tennessee)  •
Former Chief judges	Jon McCalla  •  James Dale Todd  •  J. Daniel Breen  •  Stanley Anderson  •  Julia Gibbons  •  Marion Boyd  •  Bailey Brown  •  Odell Horton  •  Robert McRae  •

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Active judges	Chief Judge: Travis Randall McDonough  •  Thomas Varlan  •  Clifton L. Corker  •  Charles Atchley  •  Katherine Crytzer
Senior judges	Curtis Collier  •  Robert Leon Jordan  •  J. Ronnie Greer (Federal Judge)  •  Thomas W. Phillips  •  Robert Allan Edgar (Tennessee)  •
Magistrate judges	Susan K. Lee (Tennessee)  •  Christopher H. Steger  •  Cynthia Wyrick  •  Debra Poplin  •  Jill McCook  •
Former Article III judges	Harry Mattice  •  John McNairy  •  Morgan Welles Brown  •  Herbert Milburn  •  West Hughes Humphreys  •  Connally Findlay Trigg  •  David McKendree Key  •  Charles Dickens Clark  •  Edward Terry Sanford  •  Xenophon Hicks  •  George Caldwell Taylor  •  Leslie Darr  •  Frank Wiley Wilson  •  Thomas Hull  •  James Jarvis (Tennessee)  •  Charles Neese  •  Robert Taylor (Federal judge)  •  Pamela L. Reeves  •
Former Chief judges

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Active judges	Chief Judge: William L. Campbell Jr.  •  Aleta Trauger  •  Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr.  •  Eli Richardson
Senior judges
Magistrate judges	Barbara Holmes  •  Alistair Newbern  •  Chip Frensley  •
Former Article III judges	Todd Campbell  •  Thomas Wiseman  •  John Nixon  •  Robert Echols  •  Morgan Welles Brown  •  West Hughes Humphreys  •  Connally Findlay Trigg  •  William E. Miller  •  David McKendree Key  •  Charles Dickens Clark  •  Edward Terry Sanford  •  John Gore  •  Xenophon Hicks  •  Leslie Darr  •  Elmer Davies  •  Leland Clure Morton  •  Thomas Higgins (Tennessee)  •  Frank Gray  •  Kevin Hunter Sharp  •
Former Chief judges	Thomas Wiseman  •  John Nixon  •  Robert Echols  •  William E. Miller  •  Elmer Davies  •  Leland Clure Morton  •  Frank Gray  •  Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr.  •