Charles Dickens Clark

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Years in office: 1895 - 1908

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United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Years in office: 1895 - 1908

Education

Bachelor's

Burritt College, 1871

Law

Cumberland University, 1873

Personal

Birthplace

Tennessee

Charles Dickens Clark (1847-1908) was afederal judge on the United States District Court for theMiddle andEastern Districts of Tennessee.

He was nominated by PresidentGrover Cleveland on December 17, 1894. He was confirmed by the Senate onJanuary 21, 1895, and received commission that same day. He served until his death onMarch 15, 1908.^[1] Clark was succeeded in this position byEdward Terry Sanford.

Early life and education

• Burritt College, B.A., 1871
• Cumberland University, LL.B., 1873^[1]

Professional career

• Staff, General George G. Dibrell, Confederate States of America, Richmond, Virginia, 1864-1865
• Private practice, Manchester, Tennessee, 1876-1883
• Private practice, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1883-1895^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Eastern District of Tennessee

Clark was nominated by PresidentGrover Cleveland on December 17, 1894. He was confirmed by the Senate onJanuary 21, 1895, and received commission that same day. He served until his death onMarch 15, 1908.^[1] Clark was succeeded in this position byEdward Terry Sanford.

External links

• Biography from theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit website.
• Charles Dickens Clark's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byGrover Cleveland
1886	Jackson •Merrick •Severens
1887	Newman •Ross •Simonton •Thayer •Toulmin
1888	Allen •Fuller •Jenkins •Lacombe •Lamar •Maxey •Montgomery • Philips
1893	Alvey •Bellinger •Bingham •Lurton •Morris •Seaman •Shepard •Simonton
1894	Brawley •Parlange •Priest •Thayer •White
1895	Adams •Clark •Peckham •Showalter •Wellborn
1896	Brown •Carland •Kirkpatrick •Lochren •Marshall •McHugh •Rogers
1897	Amidon •Howry •Munger •Nott

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Active judges	Chief Judge: Travis Randall McDonough  •  Thomas Varlan  •  Clifton L. Corker  •  Charles Atchley  •  Katherine Crytzer
Senior judges	Curtis Collier  •  Robert Leon Jordan  •  J. Ronnie Greer (Federal Judge)  •  Thomas W. Phillips  •  Robert Allan Edgar (Tennessee)  •
Magistrate judges	Susan K. Lee (Tennessee)  •  Christopher H. Steger  •  Cynthia Wyrick  •  Debra Poplin  •  Jill McCook  •
Former Article III judges	Harry Mattice  •  John McNairy  •  Morgan Welles Brown  •  Herbert Milburn  •  West Hughes Humphreys  •  Connally Findlay Trigg  •  David McKendree Key  •  Charles Dickens Clark  •  Edward Terry Sanford  •  Xenophon Hicks  •  George Caldwell Taylor  •  Leslie Darr  •  Frank Wiley Wilson  •  Thomas Hull  •  James Jarvis (Tennessee)  •  Charles Neese  •  Robert Taylor (Federal judge)  •  Pamela L. Reeves  •
Former Chief judges

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Active judges	Chief Judge: William L. Campbell Jr.  •  Aleta Trauger  •  Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr.  •  Eli Richardson
Senior judges
Magistrate judges	Barbara Holmes  •  Alistair Newbern  •  Chip Frensley  •
Former Article III judges	Todd Campbell  •  Thomas Wiseman  •  John Nixon  •  Robert Echols  •  Morgan Welles Brown  •  West Hughes Humphreys  •  Connally Findlay Trigg  •  William E. Miller  •  David McKendree Key  •  Charles Dickens Clark  •  Edward Terry Sanford  •  John Gore  •  Xenophon Hicks  •  Leslie Darr  •  Elmer Davies  •  Leland Clure Morton  •  Thomas Higgins (Tennessee)  •  Frank Gray  •  Kevin Hunter Sharp  •
Former Chief judges	Thomas Wiseman  •  John Nixon  •  Robert Echols  •  William E. Miller  •  Elmer Davies  •  Leland Clure Morton  •  Frank Gray  •  Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr.  •