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.
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.
Preparatory education, Lincoln (Illinois) U. (now College). Student Northwestern University, 1893-1896, Doctor of Laws, 1931.
Began in the practice of law at Ottawa, Illinois, 1899. Member Stead, Woodward & Hibbs, 1913-1918, Woodward & Hibbs since 1918. Assistant attorney general of Illinois under late William H. Stead, 1905-1913.
Under supervision of Governor Frank O. Lowden drafted civil administrative code of Illinois, also drafted many other bills enacted into law by General Assembly of Illinois. President Illinois Constitutional Convention, 1920. Judge The United States of America District Court, Northern District of Illinois, since 1929.
Member of 111. State Bar Association. Masons; Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Married Lura Hampson, June 7, 1899. Children: Harold Christopher, Walter Hampson (deceased), Ila Margaret (Mistress Thomas R. Willard).