Charles Joseph Vogel (September 20, 1898 – September 8, 1980) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota.
Charles Joseph Vogel
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Born 1898 in Star Lake Township, MN
Died 1980
FJC ID: 2464
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 21/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 216/year
North Dakota District Court · 1941–1954Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1954–1980
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1965–1967
- Private practice, Fargo, North Dakota1925–1941
- Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from North Dakota1940
- Private practice, Minot, North Dakota1924–1925
U.S. Army sergeant1918–1919
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitChief Judge1954–1980 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death
1941–1954 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1923