Charles Harwood Moorman
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Charles Harwood Moorman (April 24, 1876 – January 26, 1938) was a United States federal judge
United States federal judge
In the United States, the title of federal judge usually means a judge appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate in accordance with Article II of the United States Constitution....

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Born in Big Spring, Kentucky, Moorman read law to enter the bar in 1900. He was in private practice in Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Elizabethtown is a city in and the county seat of Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 28,531 at the 2010 census, making it the eleventh-largest city in the state...

 from 1900 to 1906, and then in Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...

 until 1921. Volunteer, American Red Cross, France, 1917-1918. He was in the United States Army
United States Army
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 Command Captain, JAG Corps in 1918. He was a judge on the Kentucky State Court of Appeals from 1921 to 1923.

Moorman was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
The United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky is the federal district court for the western part of the state of Kentucky....

. Moorman was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...

 on January 3, 1924, to a seat vacated by Walter Evans
Walter Evans (American politician)
Walter Evans was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, nephew of Burwell Clark Ritter.-Early life:Born near Glasgow, Kentucky, Evans attended the public schools near Harrodsburg, Kentucky. He moved to Hopkinsville, Christian County, where he served as deputy county clerk in 1859. He was a captain...

. He was confirmed by the United States Senate
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 on January 8, 1924, and received his commission the same day. Moorman served in that capacity until February 2, 1925, due to appointment to another judicial position.

Moorman was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Eastern District of Kentucky* Western District of Kentucky...

. Moorman was nominated by Calvin Coolidge on January 2, 1925, to a seat vacated by Loyal Edwin Knappen
Loyal Edwin Knappen
Loyal Edwin Knappen was a United States federal judge.Born in Hastings, Michigan, Knappen received a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1873 and read law to enter the bar in 1875, thereafter receiving an M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1876...

. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 13, 1925, and received his commission the same day. Moorman served in that capacity until January 26, 1938, due to his death.

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