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| Charles Henry Simonton | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Grover Cleveland |
| Active: | 1/13/1887 - 12/28/1893 |
| Preceded by: | George Seabrook Bryan |
| Succeeded by: | William Hiram Brawley |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1829 |
| Deceased: | 1904 |
| Bachelors: | South Carolina College (1849) |
| Law School: | Read Law (1851) |
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Charles Henry Simonton (1829-1904) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He joined the court in 1893 after being nominated by President Grover Cleveland.
Early life and education
Professional career
- Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1851-1886
- Assistant clerk, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1851-1852
- Member, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1858-1862, 1865-1866, 1877-1886
- Confederate Army Colonel, 1861-1865 [1]
Judicial career
Fourth Circuit
Simonton was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
He was nominated by President Grover Cleveland on December 11, 1893. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 19, 1893, and received commission that same day. He served until his death on April 25, 1904. [1]
District of South Carolina
Charles Henry Simonton was previously a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
He received a recess appointment from President Grover Cleveland on September 3, 1886 and was nominated on December 9th. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 13, 1887, and received commission that same day. He served on this court until December 28, 1893. [1] Simonton was succeeded in this position by William Hiram Brawley.
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Simonton Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: George Seabrook Bryan |
District of South Carolina 1887–1893 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: William Hiram Brawley |
| Preceded by: Hugh Lennox Bond |
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals 1893–1904 |
Succeeded by: Jeter Connelly Pritchard |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Terry Wooten • David Norton • Joseph Anderson • Cameron Currie • Robert Harwell • Timothy M. Cain • J. Michelle Childs • Richard Mark Gergel • Mary Geiger Lewis | ||
| Senior judges |
George Anderson • Henry Herlong • Patrick Duffy • Margaret Seymour • Solomon Blatt • Charles Weston Houck • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Robert Buchanan • Paige Jones Gossett • Bruce Hendricks • Bristow Marchant • Thomas Rogers • Shiva Hodges • Kevin McDonald • Jacquelyn Austin • Kaymani West • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Thomas Bee • William Drayton • John Drayton • Thomas Lee • Robert Budd Gilchrist • Andrew Gordon Magrath • George Seabrook Bryan • William Hiram Brawley • Clyde Hamilton • William Traxler • Dennis Shedd • Charles Henry Simonton • Henry Augustus Middleton Smith • Joseph Travis Johnson • Henry Floyd • Henry Hitt Watkins • Ernest Ford Cochran • Robert Chapman • John Lyles Glenn • Francis Kerschner Myers • Charles Wyche • Falcon Hawkins • Robert Hemphill • Donald Russell • Charles Simons • Matthew Perry • George Timmerman • Julius Waring • William Walter Wilkins • Ashton Williams • James Robert Martin, Jr. • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
David Norton • Joseph Anderson • Margaret Seymour • Falcon Hawkins • Robert Hemphill • Charles Simons • Solomon Blatt • Charles Weston Houck • James Robert Martin, Jr. • | ||
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| 1886 | |||
| 1887 | |||
| 1888 |
Allen • Fuller • Jenkins • Lacombe • Lamar • Maxey • Montgomery • Philips | ||
| 1893 |
Alvey • Bellinger • Bingham • Lurton • Morris • Seaman • Shepard • Simonton | ||
| 1894 | |||
| 1895 | |||
| 1896 |
Brown • Carland • Kirkpatrick • Lochren • Marshall • McHugh • Rogers | ||
| 1897 | |||
