Background
Charles Henry Simonton was born in Charleston, South Carolina, of Scotch-Irish parents, Charles Strong and Elizabeth (Ross) Simonton. His father was a merchant of Charleston and his mother had emigrated from Ireland.
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Charles Henry Simonton was born in Charleston, South Carolina, of Scotch-Irish parents, Charles Strong and Elizabeth (Ross) Simonton. His father was a merchant of Charleston and his mother had emigrated from Ireland.
Educated at the public high school, the College of Charleston, and South Carolina College, from which he was graduated with first honor, he served for one year as assistant in the private academy of William J. Rivers, Charleston; meanwhile, he studied law in the office of William Munro.
He was admitted to the bar in 1851.
For a brief period Simonton was assistant clerk of the House of Representatives, and from 1858 to 1860 he was a member of that body. An ardent secessionist, he entered the service of his state as captain of the Washington Light Infantry; for a few weeks during the summer of 1861 he was acting adjutant and inspector general of South Carolina.
On Feburary 24, 1862, he was mustered into the Confederate service as commander of the Eutaw Battalion, which soon afterwards was consolidated with the 25th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, with Simonton as colonel.
Until April 1864 he saw service on the islands commanding the approaches to Charleston. He then rejoined his regiment in Virginia, but was again detached and placed in command of Fort Caswell. After the forced evacuation of that post, Simonton was captured at Town Creek, North Carolina, Feburary 20, 1865.
He was sent first to a Washington prison, and then to Fort Delaware, where he remained until August 6, 1865.
He was a member of the South Carolina constitutional convention of 1865 and of the legislature of 1865-66, and on December 18, 1865, was elected speaker of the House to fill an unexpired term.
He was chairman of the state Democratic convention of 1868 which declared for a "white man's government, " and, the same year, was a member of the Democratic national committee and a delegate to the national convention.
In the decisive political campaign of 1876, he was chairman of the important executive committee of Charleston County. With the overthrow of Radical rule, he again became a member of the House, 1877-86; in 1882 he was one of the codifiers of the general statutes of the state.
In 1865 Simonton became the senior partner in a very successful law practice with Theodore G. Barker of Charleston, a connection which continued until he was commissioned judge of the United States district court of South Carolina, in September 1886. This position he occupied until his elevation to the circuit court of appeals, December 19, 1893.
He was assigned to the fourth circuit and served until his death. In 1857 he compiled and published, with James Conner, A Digest of the Equity Reports of the State of South Carolina, covering decisions of the court of chancery from 1784 to 1856.
In 1896 he delivered some lectures before the law school of Richmond College, which were afterwards published as The Federal Courts, Their Organization, Jurisdiction and Procedure (1896).
He died in Philadelphia, survived by his widow and daughter, and was buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston.
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In politics he was essentially conservative and was noted for his ability to effect compromises.
As a lawyer, legislator, and judge, he was distinguished for his calm and even temperament; tact and common-sense and a pleasing personality rather than eloquence or brilliance accounted for his professional advancement.
Combined with unusual industry and a great love for the law, he had a quick and logical mind with a gift for clear expression. A life-long resident of Charleston he was greatly interested in civic and educational improvements.
In 1852 he married Ella, daughter of Thomas W. Glover. They had two daughters.