Charles Tait

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Years in office: 1824 - 1826

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United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Years in office: 1824 - 1826

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U.S. District Court for the District of Alabama

Years in office: 1820 - 1824

Education

Law

Read law, 1795

Personal

Birthplace

Virginia

Charles Tait was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of Alabama. He was nominated by PresidentJames Monroe on May 10, 1820. He was confirmed by the Senate onMay 13, 1820, and received commission that same day. He was reassigned onMarch 10, 1824.

Tait was reassigned to theU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama and theU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama onMarch 10, 1824. He resigned onFebruary 1, 1826. Tait was succeeded in this position byWilliam Crawford. Tait died on October 7th, 1835.

Early life and education

• Read law, 1795

Professional career

• Private practice, Lexington, Georgia, 1798-1803
• Superior court judge, Western District of Georgia, 1803-1809
• U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1809-1819

Judicial nominations and appointments

Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama

Tait was nominated by PresidentJames Monroe on May 10, 1820. He was confirmed by the Senate onMay 13, 1820, and received commission that same day. He was reassigned onMarch 10, 1824.

He was reassigned to theU.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama and theU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama onMarch 10, 1824. He resigned onFebruary 1, 1826. Tait was succeeded in this position byWilliam Crawford.

External links

• Biography of Charles Tait from theFederal Judicial Center.
• Charles Tait. Brief biography from the website "Infoplease"

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1817	Parke
1818	Parris •Shields •Walker
1819	Davies •Jackson • Pope
1820	Bland •Skinner •Tait
1821	Dick
1822	Cuyler •Peck •Ware
1823	Hall •Lee •Randolph •Thompson
1824	Glenn •Robertson •Wilkins
1825	Pitman

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Active judges	Chief Judge: Madeline Haikala  •  Liles Burke  •  Annemarie Carney Axon  •  Corey Maze  •  Anna Manasco  •  Edmund LaCour  •  Harold Mooty
Senior judges	Sharon Blackburn  •  Charles Smith (Alabama)  •  Inge Johnson  •  Karon Bowdre  •  David Proctor  •  Virginia Hopkins  •
Magistrate judges	John H. England  •  Staci G. Cornelius  •  Gray M. Borden  •  Herman Johnson  •  Nicholas Danella  •
Former Article III judges	James Hancock  •  Robert Propst  •  William Acker  •  U. W. Clemon  •  Scott Coogler  •  William Crawford (Alabama)  •  Charles Tait  •  John Gayle  •  William Giles Jones  •  Richard Busteed  •  George Washington Lane  •  John Bruce  •  Oscar Richard Hundley  •  Thomas Goode Jones (Alabama)  •  William Irwin Grubb  •  Henry De Lamar Clayton  •  Charles Brents Kennamer  •  David Jackson Davis (United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama judge)  •  Thomas Murphree  •  Clarence Allgood  •  Harlan Grooms  •  Elbert Haltom  •  Seybourn Lynne  •  Frank McFadden  •  Clarence Mullins  •  Edwin Nelson  •  Sam Pointer  •  Frank Hampton McFadden  •  Abdul Kallon  •  Dean Buttram Jr.  •
Former Chief judges	U. W. Clemon  •  Karon Bowdre  •  Scott Coogler  •  David Proctor  •  Seybourn Lynne  •  Frank McFadden  •  Clarence Mullins  •  Sam Pointer  •

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
Active judges	Chief Judge: Jeffrey Beaverstock  •  Terry F. Moorer  •  Kristi DuBose
Senior judges	Callie Granade  •  Charles Butler  •  William Steele  •
Magistrate judges	Katherine Nelson  •  Sonja Bivins  •  P. Bradley Murray  •
Former Article III judges	William Crawford (Alabama)  •  Charles Tait  •  John Gayle  •  William Giles Jones  •  Richard Busteed  •  George Washington Lane  •  John Bruce  •  Emmett Cox  •  Harry Theophilus Toulmin  •  Robert Tait Ervin  •  John McDuffie  •  Thomas Pittman  •  William Hand  •  Daniel Thomas (Alabama)  •  Richard Vollmer  •  Alex Howard (Alabama)  •  Margaret A. Mahoney (Alabama)  •  William S. Shulman  •
Former Chief judges	Callie Granade  •  Charles Butler  •  William Steele  •  Kristi DuBose  •  Thomas Pittman  •  William Hand  •  Daniel Thomas (Alabama)  •  Alex Howard (Alabama)  •