Charles Bowen Howry

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Charles Bowen Howry (1844-1928) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Claims.

Howry was nominated to the Court of Claims by President Grover Cleveland. He was commissioned on January 28, 1897. He assumed senior status on March 15, 1915, and served in that capacity until his death on July 20, 1928.[1]

Education

  • University of Mississippi, LL.B., 1867

Professional career

  • U.S. Army First Lieutenant, 1862-1865
  • Private practice, Oxford, Mississippi, 1867-1874, 1878-1893
  • Member, Mississippi House of Representatives, 1880-1884
  • U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1885-1889
  • Assistant U.S. attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 1893-1897
  • Private practice, 1915-
  • Chairman, Board of Arbitration, New York City, 1916
  • Special counsel, U.S. Department of Labor, 1918-1919

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