Charles Fremont Amidon

Charles Fremont Amidon
Charles Fremont Amidon
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota
	In office; June 2, 1928 – December 26, 1937
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota
	In office; August 31, 1896 – June 2, 1928
Appointed by	Grover Cleveland
Preceded by	Alfred Delavan Thomas
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Personal details
Born	Charles Fremont Amidon; August 17, 1856; Clymer, New York
Died	December 26, 1937 (aged 81); Tucson, Arizona
Education	Hamilton College (A.B.); read law

Charles Fremont Amidon (August 17, 1856 – December 26, 1937) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota.

Education and career

Born in Clymer, New York, Amidon received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Hamilton College in 1882 and read law to enter the bar in 1886. He was in private practice in Fargo, Dakota Territory (State of North Dakota from November 2, 1889) from 1887 to 1890, and was city attorney of Fargo from 1890 to 1894, returning to private practice from 1894 to 1896. He was a Code Commissioner for the Commission to Revise Codes of North Dakota from 1893 to 1895.[1]

Federal judicial service

Amidon received a recess appointment from President Grover Cleveland on August 31, 1896, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota vacated by Judge Alfred Delavan Thomas. He was nominated to the same position by President Cleveland on December 8, 1896. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 18, 1897, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on June 2, 1928. His service terminated on December 26, 1937, due to his death in Tucson, Arizona. He was President Cleveland's longest serving judicial appointee.[1]

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References

Charles Fremont Amidon at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Sources

Charles Fremont Amidon at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Alfred Delavan Thomas	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota 1896–1928	Succeeded by Seat abolished

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[auto-1] Charles Fremont Amidon at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.