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Logan Morris Logan Meyer Morris[1] (October 25, 1889 – October 20, 1977) was a judge of the United States Board of Tax Appeals (later the United States Tax Court) from 1925 to 1937. Born in Logan, Utah, Morris received a bachelor's degree from the University of Utah in 1910.[2][1] He was a Mormon missionary in Switzerland and Germany from 1911 to 1913,[3] and then served as secretary to Senator Reed Smoot,[4][5] moving to Washington, D.C., for that purpose in 1914,[6] and receiving his law degree from the George Washington University in 1917.[7] He served as an officer in the United States Army in World War I.[6] Returning from the war, he was a clerk for the United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, and an attorney for various government agencies.[6][8] In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Morris as a special attorney for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, and in 1925, President Calvin Coolidge appointed Morris to the newly formed Board of Tax Appeals.[8] Morris served in that body for 12 years, including a four-year term as chief judge.[6][8] Morris resigned from the Board of Tax Appeals in 1937 to enter private practice,[8] and was succeeded by Clarence V. Opper.[9] Morris retired from the practice of law in 1963, and died at Washington Hospital Center at the age of 88.[8] References
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