Charles Edwin Wolverton (May 16, 1851 – September 21, 1926) was an American state and federal judge in the state of Oregon. He was the 18th Chief Justice on the Oregon Supreme Court. He served as the chief twice during his eleven years on Oregon's highest court, followed by 21 years as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
Charles Edwin Wolverton
Born 1851 in Des Moines County, IA
Died 1926 in Gearhart, OR
FJC ID: 2634
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 6/year
Oregon District Court · 1906–1926
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
- Supreme Court of OregonJustice · 1894–1905
- ↳chief justice · 1898–1900, 1904–1905
- Private practice, Albany, Oregon1874–1894
Appointments
1906–1926 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Kentucky University (later Transylvania University) Department of LawLL.B. · 1874
- Christian College (now Western Oregon State University)A.B. · 1872
- Christian College (now Western Oregon State University)B.S. · 1871