Charles K. Smith (Tennessee chancellor)

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Charles K. Smith
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15th Judicial District Chancery Court
Tenure
Present officeholder

Education

Bachelor's

Middle Tennessee State University, 1970

Law

University of Tennessee, 1972


Charles K. Smith is the chancellor of the Fifteenth District Chancery Court in Tennessee. The court presides over Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale, and Wilson counties. He has served on the court since 1990 and was re-elected in 2006 and 2014. His current eight-year term expires in 2022.[1][2][3]

Elections

2014

See also: Tennessee judicial elections, 2014
Smith ran for re-election to the Fifteenth District Chancery Court.
General: He defeated Gordon Aulgur in the general election on August 7, 2014, receiving 69.9 percent of the vote. [3]

Education

Smith received his undergraduate degree from Middle Tennessee State University in 1970 and his law degree from the University of Tennessee in 1972.[1]

Career

Smith worked as an attorney in private practice and as a city judge prior to becoming a chancellor in 1990.[1]

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