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Charles B. Witmer

Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Charles B. Witmer served on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Appointed by William H. Taft and confirmed Mar 2, 1911.

Appointed by
William H. Taft
Confirmed
Mar 2, 1911
Born
1862

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of PennsylvaniaWilliam H. Taft · Mar 2, 1911 – Apr 7, 1925

Education

  • Central Pennsylvania Business School (now Central Penn College)A.B., 1883
  • Read law1887

Career

County solicitor, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1888-1891, 1894-1900; Assistant attorney, Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, 1902-1904; Chief counsel, Pennsylvania Dairy Food Commission, 1904-1905; Special counsel, Pennsylvania Auditor General's Department, 1905-1906; U.S. marshal, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1906-1907; U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1907-1911

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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.

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