Esther Hobart Morris, American lawyer and judge (born 1814)

Esther Hobart Morris

American judge (1814–1902)

Esther Hobart Morris was an American judge who was the first woman justice of the peace in the United States. She began her tenure as justice in South Pass City, Wyoming, on February 14, 1870, serving a term of nearly nine months. The Sweetwater County Board of County…