Charles Edgar Woodward

Background

Woodward, Charles Edgar was born on December 1, 1876 in New Salem, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Christopher and Sally Ann (Langley) Woodward.

Education

Preparatory education, Lincoln (Illinois) U. (now College). Student Northwestern University, 1893-1896, Doctor of Laws, 1931.

Career

He was in private practice in Ottawa, Illinois from 1899 to 1929, also serving as an assistant Attorney General of Illinois from 1905 to 1913, and president of the Illinois Constitutional Convention in 1920. On March 1, 1929, Woodward was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated by Adam C. Cliffe. Woodward was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 2, 1929, and received his commission the same day.

He served in that capacity until his death, in 1942.

Achievements

• Charles Edgar Woodward has been listed as a reputable judge. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member: 111. State Bar Association. Masons; Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Connections

Married Lura Hampson, June 7, 1899. Children: Harold Christopher, Walter Hampson (deceased), Ila Margaret (Mistress Thomas R. Willard).

Father:

Christopher Woodward

Mother:

Sally Ann (Langley) Woodward

Spouse:

Lura Hampson

child:

Ila Margaret Woodward (Mistress Thomas R. Willard)

child:

Walter Hampson Woodward (deceased)

child:

Harold Christopher Woodward