Charles Alvin Jones

Judge Charles Alvin Jones

Personal

Birthday:

8/27/1887

Birthplace:

Newport, PA

Date of Death:

5/22/1966

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1910-1939
American Ambulance Service, French Army, 1917
U.S. Naval Aviation ensign, 1918-1919
Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1945-1966; chief justice, 1956-1966

Education

Name of School:

Dickinson School of Law - Penn State

Founded in 1834 by Judge John Reed, The Dickinson School of Law is the oldest law school in Pennsylvania and the fifth oldest in the nation. Throughout its history, the law school has trained distinguished graduates who have gone on to become leaders of the bar, of the judiciary, of government, and of business. These alumni include the first secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, five governors, three U.S. senators, and more than 100 federal, state and county judges and countless prominent lawyers and civic leaders.

Degree:

LL.B.

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Court Name:

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating:

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

7/25/1939

Termination Date:

12/31/1944

Termination Reason:

Resignation