Charles Alvin Jones (August 27, 1887 – May 21, 1966) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Charles Alvin Jones
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1887 in Newport, PA
Died 1966 in Wynnewood, PA
FJC ID: 1193
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Supreme Court of PennsylvaniaJustice · 1945–1966
- ↳chief justice · 1956–1966
- Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania1910–1939
- U.S. Naval Aviation ensign1918–1919
- French ArmyAmerican Ambulance Service · 1917
Appointments
1945–1966
1939–1944 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Resignation
Education
- The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State UniversityLL.B.
- Williams Collegeba
- Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law)LL.B. · 1910