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Charles Henry Robb

Charles Henry Robb

District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1867 in Guilford, VT

Died 1939

FJC ID: 2021

Charles Henry Robb (November 14, 1867 – June 10, 1939) was an American lawyer from Vermont and Washington, DC. He was most notable for his service as an Associate Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

A native of Malone, New York, Robb grew up in Lincoln, Rhode Island, Troy, New York, and Guilford, Vermont, and graduated from West Brattleboro, Vermont's Glenwood Seminary in 1886. He studied law, attained admission to the bar, and began to practice in Bellows Falls, Vermont, in 1892. A Republican, he served as Windham County, Vermont, Vermont State's Attorney for three years (1896–1899). Robb was a United States Assistant Attorney General in the United States Post Office Department from 1903 to 1904.

In 1906, Robb was appointed an associate justice of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia (now the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit). He served until assuming senior status in 1937. Robb died in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 1939.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. U.S. Department of Justice
    U.S. Department of Justice
    Assistant attorney general · 1904–1906
  2. U.S. Post Office Department
    U.S. Post Office Department
    Assistant attorney general · 1903–1904
  3. Private practice, Bellows Falls, Vermont
    1894–1902

Appointments

  1. District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
    1906–1939 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
    Term ended: Death
  2. District of Columbia District Court
    1906–1939
    Term ended: ded

Education

  1. Read law
    1892