Background
Desmond was born and died in Buffalo, New New York He was the son of Patrick Desmond and Katherine (Jordan) Desmond.
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Charles Stewart
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He graduated Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts
Career
He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1960 to 1966. From Canisius College. During World War I, he served as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Aviation.
However, he caught influenza during training and did not get overseas before the Armistice.
In 1920, he graduated Bachelor of Laws from University at Buffalo Law School. In January 1940, he was appointed by Governor Herbert H. Lehman a justice of the New York Supreme Court to fill a vacancy.
In November 1940, he was elected on the Democratic and American Labor tickets a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, and re-elected in 1954 on the Democratic, Republican and Liberal tickets. In 1959, he was elected unopposed Chief Judge.
He retired from the bench at the end of 1966 when he reached the constitutional age limit of 70 years.
Afterwards he lived at his farm in Eden, New York, resumed his private practice and taught at the University at Buffalo Law School. He died at the Mercy Hospital in Buffalo.
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American