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Charles Henry Simonton

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1887–1893

Charles Henry Simonton , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Charles Henry Simonton (July 11, 1829 – April 25, 1904) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the Fourth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Education

  • South Carolina College (now University of South Carolina)1849
  • Read law1851

Career

Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1851-1886; Assistant clerk, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1851-1852; State representative, South Carolina, 1858-1862, 1865-1866, 1877-1886; Confederate Army colonel, 1861-1865

Biography

Charles Henry Simonton (July 11, 1829 – April 25, 1904) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the Fourth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

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