Cole, Charles Cleaves Born May 22, 1841, in Hiram, ME Died March 17, 1905, in Washington, DC Federal Judicial Service: Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia [Supreme Court of the District of Columbia] Nominated by Benjamin Harrison on December 12, 1892, to a seat vacated by Charles P. James. Confirmed by the Senate on January 28, 1893, and received commission on January 28, 1893. Service terminated on April 22, 1901, due to resignation. Education: Read law, 1866 Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1867 Professional Career: U.S. Army private, Seventeenth Maine Infantry, 1862-1865 Private practice, Portland, Maine, 1866-1867 Private practice, West Union, West Virginia, 1868-1870 Prosecutor, Doddridge County, West Virginia, 1869-1870 Private practice, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1870-1874, 1876-1878 City solicitor, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1874-1876 Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1878-1891, 1901-1905 U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, 1891-1893 Research Collections