Background
Johnson, Charles Fletcher was born on February 14, 1859 in Winslow, Maine, United States. Son of William F. and Ruth S. Johnson.
Johnson, Charles Fletcher was born on February 14, 1859 in Winslow, Maine, United States. Son of William F. and Ruth S. Johnson.
Born in Winslow, Maine, he attended the public schools and the Waterville Classical Institute. He graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1879. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced his practice as an attorney in Waterville, Maine.
He was the principal of the high school of Machias, Maine from 1881 to 1886. Johnson ran for Governor of Maine in 1892. He was elected Mayor of Waterville in 1893, but left that office in 1894 and again ran for Governor.
He was not successful.
He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1904, and also stood for the Maine House of Representatives in 1904. He was elected, and served in that body from 1905 until 1907.
Johnson was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1910 and served from March 4, 1911, until March 4, 1917. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1916.
During his Senate term he served as chairman of the United States. Senate Committee on National Banks, the United States. Senate Committee on Fisheries, and the United States. Senate Committee on Pensions.
Johnson was named as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in 1917. He served from 1917 until 1929, and assumed senior status on April 30, 1929. His service as a judge terminated at his death.
Johnson died in Saint St. Petersburg, Florida on 15 February 1930.
He was interred in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Waterville. He was associated with the Psi Upsilon fraternity, and with the Freemasons.
Mason (Grand Master Grand Lodge of Maine, 1906-1907).
Married Abbie West. Britton, December 21, 1881. Children: William F. (deceased), Emma L. (wife of Henry West. Abbott, Doctor of Medicine).