Morton Shelley Bailey should not be confused with Morton Bayley.
| Morton Shelley Bailey | |
| Office1: | Associate Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court |
| Term Start1: | 1909 |
| Term End1: | 1922 |
| Office2: | Member of the Colorado Senate from the 14th district |
| Term Start2: | January 7, 1891 |
| Term End2: | January 3, 1893 |
| Predecessor2: | Jason A. McCandless |
| Successor2: | George E. Pease |
| Birth Date: | 3 July 1855 |
| Birth Place: | Charleston Township, Pennsylvania |
| Party: | Democratic Party |
Morton Shelley Bailey (July 3, 1855 – March 16, 1922) was an American politician who served in the Colorado Senate from the 14th district from 1891 to 1893 and as an Associate Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court from 1909 to 1922.[1] [2]
Born in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, Bailey received an Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) academic degree from the Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania in 1880, and was admitted to the Colorado Bar as a practicing attorney-at-law in 1882. Bailey married Lutie Wilkin in Denver in September 1888.[2] A decade later, he served as a judge of the Eleventh Judicial District of Colorado from 1892 to 1908.[2] Following Associate Justice Bailey's death in March 1922, then Governor of Colorado Oliver Henry Shoup appointed former justice John C. Campbell to the seat on the high court.[3] The current Fox News Channel cable television network, conservative political commentator and program host Jesse Watters is a descendant through his mother, Justice Bailey's great-granddaughter, Anne Purvis Bailey.[4] [5] [6]