Background
Douglas, Charles A. was born on January 31, 1862 in Fairfield Company, South Carolina, United States. Son of John S. and Margaret B. Douglas.
Douglas, Charles A. was born on January 31, 1862 in Fairfield Company, South Carolina, United States. Son of John S. and Margaret B. Douglas.
Bachelor of Arts, Erskine College, Due West, South Carolina., 1880. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia, 1882. Doctor of Laws, Erskine College, 1920.
Studied constitutional law, Georgetown University.
Began practice at Winnsboro, 1883, later at Columbia. Settled in Washington, District of Columbia, 1895. Senior member Douglas Obear & Douglas.
Member South Carolina. House of Representatives, 1884-1890. Member of law faculty Georgetown University, 1895-1915.
Married Augusta Aiken, 1885. Children: Charles Simonton, Alexander Talley, Margaret Boyce (Mistress Herbert Adair), Patsy Aiken.