Charles John Dodd ( – July 24, 1947) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge from New York.

Life

Dodd was born circa 1873 in

Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

. He was the son of James Dodd, a sea captain and Elizabeth Hughes, an Irish immigrant from

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

. Dodd attended

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, he spent five years working for the

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

law firm Seward, Guthrie & Steele, later known as

Cravath, Swaine & Moore Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP (known as Cravath) is an American white-shoe law firm with its headquarters in New York City, and an additional office in London. The firm is known for its complex and high profile litigation and mergers & acquisitions ...

. He became managing attorney of the firm. He then began attending

New York Law School New York Law School (NYLS) is a private law school in Tribeca, New York City. NYLS has a full-time day program and a part-time evening program. NYLS's faculty includes 54 full-time and 59 adjunct professors. Notable faculty members include E ...

in 1895, graduating from there in 1897. He was admitted to the bar a year later, and practiced law in both Brooklyn and Manhattan. He received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from

St. John's University St John's University may refer to: *St. John's University (New York City) **St. John's University School of Law **St. John's University (Italy) - Overseas Campus *College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, St. Joseph, Minnesota and Col ...

in 1931. In 1904, Dodd was elected to the

New York State Assembly The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits. The Assem ...

as a

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, representing the Kings County 6th District. He served in the Assembly in

1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...

. In 1908, Mayor McClellan appointed him justice of the Second District Municipal Court. In 1910, Mayor Gaynor appointed him City Magistrate. Gaynor re-appointed him to a full term in 1911, and in 1921 Mayor Hylan appointed him for another full term. In 1922, Dodd was elected Brooklyn District Attorney. He served from 1923 to 1929. In 1929, he was elected Justice of the Second Judicial District of the State Supreme Court. He served as Justice from 1930 to 1942. In 1907, Dodd married Florence Pigeon. Their children were George V., Charles J. Jr., and Robert A. His brother Rev. Francis J. was president of St. Joseph's College and director of the Sisters of Charity. He was active in Catholic charities and fraternal circles. He founded the Catholic Lawyers Guild in 1934, and in 1944

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made him a

Knight of St. Gregory The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great ( la, Ordo Sancti Gregorii Magni; it, Ordine di San Gregorio Magno) was established on 1 September 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI, seven months after his election as Pope. The order is one of ...

. He was also vice president of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum of the Diocese of Brooklyn and a director of St. Vincent's Home and the Emerald Association. He was a member of Knights of Columbus, the Brooklyn Bar Association, the Society of Old Brooklynites, the Royal Arcanum, and the

Friendly Sons of St. Patrick The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, officially The Society of The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland, is an American charitable and social organization for Irish-Americans founded in 1771. Organizational history ...

. Dodd died at home after a six-month illness on July 24, 1947. He was buried in

Holy Cross Cemetery Holy Cross Cemetery may refer to: United States California *Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California) *Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California * Holy Cross Cemetery (Menlo Park, California) * Holy Cross Cemetery (Pomona, California) *Holy C ...

References

External links

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The Political Graveyard
' {{DEFAULTSORT:Dodd, Charles J. 1870s births 1947 deaths Kings County District Attorneys Politicians from Brooklyn 19th-century American lawyers 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American judges New York Supreme Court Justices Municipal judges in the United States Boys High School (Brooklyn) alumni New York Law School alumni 20th-century American legislators Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly Catholics from New York (state) Knights of St. Gregory the Great American people of Irish descent Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn