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Charles Cleaves Cole
Former judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia)
Charles Cleaves Cole served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia). Appointed by Benjamin Harrison and confirmed Jan 28, 1893.
- Appointed by
- Benjamin Harrison
- Confirmed
- Jan 28, 1893
- Born
- 1841
Appointments
- Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia)Benjamin Harrison · Jan 28, 1893 – Apr 22, 1901
Education
- Read law1866
- Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1867
Career
U.S. Army private, Seventeenth Maine Infantry, 1862-1865; Private practice, Portland, Maine, 1866-1867; Private practice, West Union, West Virginia, 1868-1870; Prosecutor, Doddridge County, West Virginia, 1869-1870; Private practice, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1870-1874, 1876-1878; City solicitor, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1874-1876; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1878-1891, 1901-1905; U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, 1891-1893
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