Charles Clagett Marbury (1898 – July 19, 1991) was an American politician and judge, who served as a justice of the

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from 1960 to 1969. Marbury was elected to the

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in 1931 and served until he was elected to the state Senate in 1941. A short while later, he was appointed to serve as a Circuit Court judge, and later, to one of two newly-created seats on the Court of Appeals. He was born in

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and attended the

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and received a degree from the

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in 1922. Part of his studies were conducted at the

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where he remained after serving in the field artillery of the 29th Division in

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. He studied law at the

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and eventually graduated from

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in 1925. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, the

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and the

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, which awarded him its Distinguished Member Award in 1989. He died on July 19, 1991.

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