Charles Fremont Amidon (August 17, 1856 – December 26, 1937), frequently known as C. F. Amidon,
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of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota
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.
Education and career
Born in Clymer, New York
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, Amidon received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Hamilton College
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in 1882 and read law
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to enter the bar in 1886. He was in private practice in Fargo, Dakota Territory
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(State of North Dakota
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from November 2, 1889) from 1887 to 1890, and was city attorney of Fargo from 1890 to 1894, returning to private practice from 1894 to 1896. He was a Code Commissioner for the commission to Revise Codes of North Dakota from 1893 to 1895.
Federal judicial service
Amidon received a recess appointment
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from President Grover Cleveland
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on August 31, 1896, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota
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vacated by Judge Alfred Delavan Thomas
Alfred Delavan Thomas (August 11, 1837 – August 8, 1896) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota.
Education and career
Born in Delavan, Walworth County, Wisconsin Territory (now ...
. He was nominated to the same position by President Cleveland on December 8, 1896. He was confirmed by the United States Senate
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on February 18, 1897, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status
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on June 2, 1928. His service terminated on December 26, 1937, due to his death in Tucson
, "(at the) base of the black ill
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, Arizona
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. He was the last federal judge in active service to have been appointed by President Cleveland, and the longest-serving.
See also
* List of United States federal judges by longevity of service
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1856 births
1937 deaths
Judges of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota
United States federal judges appointed by Grover Cleveland
19th-century American judges
United States federal judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law
People of Dakota Territory