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Tait, Charles

Born February 1, 1768, near Hanover, VA
Died October 7, 1835, near Claiborne, AL

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Alabama
Nominated by James Monroe on May 10, 1820, to a new seat authorized by 3 Stat. 564. Confirmed by the Senate on May 13, 1820, and received commission on May 13, 1820. Service terminated on March 10, 1824, due to reassignment.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Reassigned on March 10, 1824, to a new seat authorized by 4 Stat. 9. Service terminated on February 1, 1826, due to resignation.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
Reassigned on March 10, 1824, to a new seat authorized by 4 Stat. 9. Service terminated on February 1, 1826, due to resignation.

Education:
Read law, 1795

Professional Career:

Private practice, Lexington, Georgia, 1798-1803
Judge, Superior Court of Georgia, Western Judicial Circuit, 1803-1809
U.S. senator from Georgia, 1809-1819

Miscellaneous Information:

The act of March 10, 1824, 4 Stat. 9, assigned the judgeship authorized for the District of Alabama by the act of April 21, 1820, 3 Stat. 564, to the Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama.

Bibliography

Coulter, E. Merton. "A Famous Duel That Was Never Fought."Georgia Historical Quarterly 43 (1959): 365-77.

Durham, David I., Sally E. Haddon, and Paul M. Pruitt, Jr.Traveling the Beaten Trail: Charles Tait's Charges to Federal Grand Juries, 1822-1825. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama School of Law, 2013.

Macon, Nathaniel.Letters of Nathaniel Macon to Judge Charles Tait. Edited by William K. Boyd. New York: AMS, 1970.

Moffat, Charles H. "Charles Tait, Planter, Politician, and Scientists of the Old South."Journal of Southern History 14 (May 1948): 206-33.

Moffat, Charles H. "The Life of Charles Tait." Ph.D. diss., Vanderbilt University, 1946.
 

Manuscript Collections

Alabama Department of Archives and History
Montgomery, Ala.

Tait family papers, 1786-1899.
ca. 1,000 items; finding aid; collection contains Charles Tait's legal documents, correspondence, and business and financial records.