Charles Pinckney James

Charles Pinckney James (May 11, 1818 – August 9, 1899) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, James graduated from Harvard College in 1838. He was in private practice in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1840 to 1850, and was a Professor of law, Cincinnati College, Cincinnati, Ohio from 1850 to 1856. He was a judge on the Superior Court of Ohio in Cincinnati from 1856 to 1864. He was in private practice in Washington, DC from 1864 to 1879, also working as a professor of law at Georgetown University from 1870 to 1874.

On July 24, 1879, James received a recess appointment from President Rutherford B. Hayes to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia vacated by David C. Humphreys. Formally nominated on December 1, 1879, James was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 10, 1879, and received his commission the same day. He retired from the bench on December 1, 1892. He died in Leesburg, Virginia, in 1899 at the age of 81.

Sources

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

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Name	James, Charles Pinckney
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Short description	United States federal judge
Date of birth	May 11, 1818
Place of birth	Cincinnati, Ohio
Date of death	August 9, 1899
Place of death	Leesburg, Virginia