Charles I. Dawson

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Charles I. Dawson (born February 13, 1881 in Logan County , Kentucky , †  April 24, 1969 ) was an American lawyer and politician . After his appointment by President Calvin Coolidge , he served as a federal judge in the federal district court for the western district of Kentucky from 1925 to 1935 .

Career

Charles Dawson attended the University of Kentucky and completed his training in a law firm in 1905, after which he himself began to work as a lawyer in Russellville . In 1906 he moved his practice to Pineville . In the same year he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives as a Republican MP. From 1910 to 1920 he served as a prosecutor in Bell County . He was then elected Attorney General of Kentucky. He served a four-year term as Attorney General. During this time he was his party's Republican candidate for governor of Kentucky in 1923 . But he lost with 46:53 percent of the vote against the Democrat William J. Fields .

On January 2, 1925, Dawson was appointed by President Coolidge to judge the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky ; he succeeded Charles Harwood Moorman , who moved to the federal appeals court for the sixth district. After confirmation by the US Senate, which took place eleven days later, he was able to take office immediately. On June 30, 1935, Dawson resigned from office; he was succeeded by Elwood Hamilton . He then went back to a private lawyer in Louisville . In 1936 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention as before in 1924 and later again in 1952 .

His party nominated Dawson again for high office in 1950. He was the Republican candidate for the US Senate election , but lost to Democrat Earle C. Clements with 45:54 percent of the vote. Then he withdrew from politics.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ourcampaigns.com: Kentucky, Governor Election - November 6, 1923
  2. ↑ ourcampaigns.com: Kentucky, US Senate Election - November 7, 1950
personal data
SURNAME Dawson, Charles I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Logan County , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 1969