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Charles Harwood Moorman (April 24, 1876 – January 26, 1938) was a United States federal judge.
Born in Big Spring, Kentucky, Moorman read law to enter the bar in 1900. He was in private practice in Elizabethtown, Kentucky from 1900 to 1906, and then in Louisville, Kentucky until 1921. Volunteer, American Red Cross, France, 1917-1918. He was in the United States Army Command Captain, JAG Corps in 1918. He was a judge on the Kentucky State Court of Appeals from 1921 to 1923.
Moorman was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Moorman was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge on January 3, 1924, to a seat vacated by Walter Evans. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 8, 1924, and received his commission the same day. Moorman served in that capacity until February 2, 1925, due to appointment to another judicial position.
Moorman was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Moorman was nominated by Calvin Coolidge on January 2, 1925, to a seat vacated by Loyal Edwin Knappen. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 13, 1925, and received his commission the same day. Moorman served in that capacity until January 26, 1938, due to his death.
Sources
- Charles Harwood Moorman at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Categories:- 1876 births
- 1938 deaths
- Judges of the Kentucky Court of Appeals
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
- United States district court judges appointed by Calvin Coolidge
- Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States court of appeals judges appointed by Calvin Coolidge
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