Charles Cleaves Cole | |
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| Associate Justice of theSupreme Court of the District of Columbia | |
| In office January 28, 1893 – April 22, 1901 | |
| Appointed by | Benjamin Harrison |
| Preceded by | Charles Pinckney James |
| Succeeded by | Thomas H. Anderson |
| United States Attorney for the District of Columbia | |
| In office 1891–1893 | |
| President | Benjamin Harrison |
| Preceded by | John B. Hoge |
| Succeeded by | Arthur A. Birney |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Cleaves Cole (1841-05-22)May 22, 1841 Hiram, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | March 17, 1905(1905-03-17) (aged 63) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Education | Harvard Law School (LL.B.) read law |
Charles Cleaves Cole (May 22, 1841 – March 17, 1905) was anAssociate Justice of theSupreme Court of the District of Columbia.
Born inHiram,Maine, Coleread law to enter the bar in 1866, and received aBachelor of Laws fromHarvard Law School in 1867. He was a private in theUnited States Army during theAmerican Civil War, serving in the 17th Maine Infantry, from 1862 to 1865. He was in private practice inPortland, Maine from 1866 to 1867, inWest Union,West Virginia from 1868 to 1870, and inParkersburg, West Virginia from 1870 to 1874. He was prosecuting attorney ofDoddridge County, West Virginia from 1869 to 1870, and was city solicitor of Parkersburg from 1874 to 1876, thereafter resuming his private practice in Parkersburg until 1878, and inWashington, D.C. from 1878 to 1891. He was theUnited States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1891 to 1893.[1]
Cole was nominated by PresidentBenjamin Harrison on December 12, 1892, to an Associate Justice seat on theSupreme Court of the District of Columbia (now theUnited States District Court for the District of Columbia) vacated by Associate JusticeCharles Pinckney James. He was confirmed by theUnited States Senate on January 28, 1893, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on April 22, 1901, due to his resignation.[1]
Cole thereafter returned to private practice in Washington, D.C. from 1901 until his death there on March 17, 1905.[1]
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| Preceded by | Associate Justice of theSupreme Court of the District of Columbia 1893–1901 | Succeeded by |