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Charles Nelson Pray
Former judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Montana
Charles Nelson Pray served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. Appointed by Calvin Coolidge and confirmed Feb 8, 1924.
- Appointed by
- Calvin Coolidge
- Confirmed
- Feb 8, 1924
- Born
- 1868
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of MontanaCalvin Coolidge · Feb 8, 1924 – Sep 12, 1963
Education
- Middlebury College
- Chicago College of Law (now Chicago-Kent College of Law)LL.B., 1891
Career
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1893-1895; Private practice, Fort Benton, Montana, 1896-1906; Assistant prosecutor, Twelfth Judicial District (Chouteau County), Montana, 1897-1898; Prosecutor, Twelfth Judicial District (Chouteau County), Montana, 1899-1906; U.S. representative from Montana, 1907-1913; Republican candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from Montana, 1912; Private practice, Great Falls, Montana, 1914-1924
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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.
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