Charles Breckenridge Faris
Personal
Birthday:
10/3/1864
Birthplace:
near Charleston, MO
Date of Death:
12/18/1938
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Caruthersville, Missouri, 1891-1892
City attorney, Caruthersville, Missouri, 1892-1893
Prosecutor, Pemiscot County, Missouri, 1893-1899
President, Bank of Caruthersville, Missouri, 1898-1910
State representative, 36th General Assembly, Missouri
Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit, 1910-1912
Judge, Supreme Court of Missouri, 1912-1919
Education
Name of School:
University of Missouri
Degree:
B.L.
Degree Year:
1889
Name of School - Second:
University of Missouri
Degree - Second:
B.Pd.
Degree Year - Second:
1889
Name of School - Third:
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
An education at Washington University School of Law provides the opportunity to combine outstanding teaching and a mastery of the fundamentals necessary for the practice of law.
Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
Court Name:
Missouri Eastern District Court
President Nominating:
Woodrow Wilson
Party Affiliation of President:
Democratic
Commission Date:
10/13/1919
Termination Date:
2/6/1935
Termination Reason:
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second:
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Court Name - Second:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Commission Date - Second:
1/31/1935
Retirement from Active Service - Second:
11/30/1935
Termination Date - Second:
12/18/1938
Termination Reason - Second:
Death