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Charles Edgar Woodward

Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Charles Edgar Woodward served on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Appointed by Calvin Coolidge and confirmed Mar 2, 1929.

Appointed by
Calvin Coolidge
Confirmed
Mar 2, 1929
Born
1876

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCalvin Coolidge · Mar 2, 1929 – May 15, 1942

Education

  • Northwestern University
  • Read law1899

Career

Private practice, Ottawa, Illinois, 1899-1929; Assistant attorney general, State of Illinois, 1905-1913; President, Illinois constitutional convention, 1920

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

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