Charles Edward Wiggins (December 3, 1927 – March 2, 2000) was a United States representative from California, and later a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He was initially elected to California's 25th congressional district. The district was renumbered as California's 39th congressional district prior to the 1974 election.
Charles Edward Wiggins
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1927 in El Monte, CA
Died 2000 in Las Vegas, NV
FJC ID: 2576
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 13/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 313/year
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1984–2000
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Washington, D.C.1982–1984
- Private practice, San Francisco, California1984
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California1979–1982
- U.S. representative from California1967–1979
- Private practice, El Monte, California1957–1966
- El Monte, CaliforniaMayor · 1964–1966
- El Monte, CaliforniaCouncilman · 1960–1964
- El Monte [California] Planning CommissionMember · 1954–1960
U.S. Army first lieutenant1945–1948, 1950–1952- Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Appellate DivisionLaw clerk , Hon. Frank G. Swain
Appointments
1984–2000 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law)LL.B. · 1956
- University of Southern CaliforniaB.S. · 1953