Morris Ames Soper

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit

Years in office: 1955 - 1963

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Years in office: 1932 - 1955

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United States District Court for the District of Maryland

Years in office: 1923 - 1931

Education

Bachelor's

Johns Hopkins University, 1893

Law

University of Maryland School of Law, 1895

Personal

Birthplace

Baltimore, MD

Morris Ames Soper (1873-1963) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of Maryland and theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.^[1]

Early life and education

• Johns Hopkins University, A.B., 1893
• University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1895^[1]

Professional career

• Assistant state's attorney, Baltimore City, 1897-1899
• Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Maryland, 1900-1909
• Private practice, Maryland, 1909-1914
• President, Board of Police Commissioners, Baltimore City, 1912-1913
• Chief judge, Supreme Bench of Baltimore, 1914-1921
• Private practice, Maryland, 1921-1923^[1]

Judicial career

Fourth Circuit

Soper received arecess appointment from PresidentHerbert Hoover on May 6, 1931 to replaceEdmund Waddill. On December 15, 1931, he was nominated. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 12, 1932, and received commission onJanuary 19th. OnJune 2, 1955, he assumedsenior status. He served in this capacity until his death onMarch 11, 1963.^[1]

District of Maryland

Soper was nominated to the District of Maryland by PresidentWarren Harding on February 10, 1923 to replaceJohn Carter Rose. He was confirmed by the Senate onFebruary 24, 1923, and received commission that same day. He served on this court untilMay 9, 1931, when he was appointed to the Fourth Circuit.^[1] Soper was succeeded in this position byWilliam Calvin Chesnut.

External links

• Judge Soper's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Albert Diaz  •  Steven Agee  •  Harvie Wilkinson  •  Paul Niemeyer  •  Robert King  •  Roger Gregory  •  James Wynn  •  DeAndrea G. Benjamin  •  Stephanie Thacker  •  Pamela A. Harris  •  A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr.  •  Julius Richardson  •  Allison Jones Rushing  •  Toby Heytens  •  Nicole Berner
Senior judges	Barbara Keenan  •  Diana Motz  •  William Traxler  •  Henry Floyd  •
Former judges	Hugh Lennox Bond  •  Karen J. Williams  •  Clyde Hamilton  •  Blane Michael  •  Dennis Shedd  •  Allyson Duncan  •  Michael Luttig  •  Emory Sneeden  •  Samuel Ervin  •  James Sprouse  •  Charles Henry Simonton  •  Nathan Goff  •  Edmund Waddill  •  Jeter Connelly Pritchard  •  Martin Augustine Knapp  •  John Carter Rose (Maryland)  •  Andre Davis  •  Charles Albert Woods  •  Morris Ames Soper  •  Elliott Northcott  •  John Johnston Parker  •  James Phillips (Court of Appeals Judge)  •  Armistead Dobie  •  Harrison Winter  •  James Craven  •  Donald S. Russell  •  Albert Bryan, Sr.  •  John Butzner  •  Hiram Widener  •  Herbert Boreman  •  John Field (West Virginia)  •  Kenneth Hall (West Virginia)  •  J. Spencer Bell  •  Clement Haynsworth  •  Francis Murnaghan  •  Simon Sobeloff  •  William Walter Wilkins  •
Former Chief judges	Karen J. Williams  •  Harvie Wilkinson  •  William Traxler  •  Samuel Ervin  •  John Johnston Parker  •  Harrison Winter  •  Clement Haynsworth  •  Simon Sobeloff  •  William Walter Wilkins  •

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Maryland
Active judges	Chief Judge: George L. Russell, III  •  Julie Rubin  •  Theodore Chuang  •  Stephanie A. Gallagher  •  Lydia Kay Griggsby  •  Paula Xinis  •  Deborah Boardman  •  Matthew Maddox  •  Brendan Hurson  •  Adam Abelson
Senior judges	Richard Bennett (Maryland)  •  Catherine Blake  •  William M. Nickerson  •  Deborah Chasanow  •  Ellen Hollander  •  James Bredar  •
Magistrate judges	Charles Day  •  Susan Gauvey  •  Jillyn Schulze  •  Timothy J. Sullivan  •  C. Bruce Anderson  •  David Copperthite  •  Mark Coulson  •  Gina Simms  •
Former Article III judges	Alexander Williams  •  William Paca  •  James Winchester  •  James Houston  •  Theodorick Bland  •  Elias Glenn  •  Upton Scott Heath  •  John Glenn (Maryland)  •  William Fell Giles  •  Thomas John Morris  •  Paul Niemeyer  •  John Carter Rose (Maryland)  •  Benson Legg  •  Walter Black  •  Andre Davis  •  Marvin Garbis  •  Alex Harvey  •  William Quarles  •  Roger Titus  •  Peter Messitte  •  Joseph Young (Maryland)  •  Morris Ames Soper  •  William Caldwell Coleman  •  William Calvin Chesnut  •  Joseph Clemens Howard  •  Harrison Winter  •  Charles Blair  •  John Hargrove  •  Shirley Jones  •  Frank Kaufman  •  James Rogers Miller Jr. (Federal judge)  •  Herbert Murray  •  Edward Northrop  •  Norman Ramsey  •  Roszel Thomsen  •  Robert Watkins  •  Frederic Smalkin  •  Paul Grimm  •  George Jarrod Hazel  •
Former Chief judges	Benson Legg  •  Catherine Blake  •  Walter Black  •  Alex Harvey  •  Frederick Motz  •  William Caldwell Coleman  •  Frank Kaufman  •  Edward Northrop  •  Roszel Thomsen  •  Robert Watkins  •  Frederic Smalkin  •  James Bredar  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byWarren Harding
1921	Morris •Peters •Baker •Groner •Hoehling •Kennedy •Lewis •Luse •Mayer •McClintic •Miller •Morris •Peters •Ross •Taft •Waddill
1922	Atwell •Barrett •Brewster •Butler •Campbell •Cliffe •Gibson •Goddard •Kenyon •Lindley •Lowell •Rose •Runyon •Schoonmaker •Scott •Sutherland •Symes •Wilkerson •Winslow
1923	Bland •Bondy •Cant •Gore •Hatfield •Hickenlooper •Hicks •Inch •Jacobs •James •Jones •McGee •McKeehan •Patridge •Phillips •Reeves •Rudkin •Sanford •Simons •Soper • Webster

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