Charles Edgar Woodward

Charles Edgar Woodward (December 1, 1876 – May 15, 1942) was a United States federal judge.

Born in New Salem, Pennsylvania, Woodward was educated at Northwestern University, and he read law to enter the bar in 1899. He was in private practice in Ottawa, Illinois from 1899 to 1929, also serving as an assistant Attorney General of Illinois from 1905 to 1913, and president of the Illinois Constitutional Convention in 1920.

On March 1, 1929, Woodward was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated by Adam C. Cliffe. Woodward was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 2, 1929, and received his commission the same day. He served in that capacity until his death, in 1942.

Sources

• Charles Edgar Woodward at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Name	Woodward, Charles Edgar
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Short description	United States federal judge
Date of birth	December 1, 1876
Place of birth	New Salem, Pennsylvania
Date of death	May 15, 1942
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