Charles Bowen Howry

Personal

Birthday: 
5/14/1844
Birthplace: 
Oxford, MS
Date of Death: 
7/20/1928
Place of Death: 
Washington, DC
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Confederate Army private and first lieutenant, 1862-1865
Private practice, Oxford, Mississippi, 1867-1874, 1878-1893
State representative, Mississippi, 1880-1884
U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1885-1889
Assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1893-1896
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1915-1928
Chairman, New York City Board of Arbitration, 1916
Special counsel, U.S. Department of Labor, 1918-1919

Education

Name of School: 

University of Mississippi School of Law

The University of Mississippi School of Law draws its strength inside and outside the classroom from a dynamic faculty, whose diverse interests and experiences, serve our students and surrounding communities. The faculty offers students a wide range of practical courses from business transaction and tax courses to in-depth clinical experiences in domestic violence, immigration, and criminal appeals. Our faculty is characterized by diverse idealogical and methodological perspectives that enrich the lives of our students. The variety of textbooks and coursebooks published by our faculty in such areas of family law, intellectual property, and tort law is testament to the dedication to pedagogical method at the Law School.

Degree: 
LL.B.
Degree Year: 
1867

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
Court of Claims
Court Name: 

United States Court of Federal Claims

President Nominating: 
Grover Cleveland
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
01/28/1897
Termination Date: 
3/6/1915
Termination Reason: 
Resignation