Charles Tisdale Howard (February 16, 1856 – June 23, 1936) was an attorney and
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politician, the first
United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota
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, served as the fourth Speaker of the
South Dakota House of Representatives
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, and was elected a
Minnesota
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District Court Judge for the Fifth Judicial District in 1928.
Early life and education
Howard was born in
Eckford,
Michigan
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on February 16, 1856, and was the fourth of five children and only son born to Russell and Emeline Howard (née Morse). His father Russell Marshall Howard was a farmer and one of the first settlers of
Eckford, and was one of the original old line whigs and a founding member of Michigan's Republican party.
He graduated from
Albion College
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in
Albion, Michigan
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in 1880 with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree, and then joined a law firm in
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where he served a legal apprenticeship. He passed the Bar exam in 1882 and then moved with his family to
Redfield, in the
Dakota territory
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where he was active in Republican party politics.
Political career
When South Dakota was formally granted statehood in 1889, President
Benjamin Harrison
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appointed him
United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota
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, a post he held until 1892. When the twenty-third president lost his 1892 bid for re-election, Howard ran for a seat in the state legislature in 1894 representing
Spink County, and was elected
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of the House by his Republican colleagues.
Howard was installed as Grand Chancellor for the
Knights of Pythias
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order in
Aberdeen, South Dakota
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in 1894.
He was elected a
District Court of Minnesota
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Jurisdiction of the court
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Judge for the Fifth Judicial Circuit in 1928.
Personal life
Charles T. Howard married Eugenia Jerome Beecher on October 19, 1892 in
Redwood Falls, Minnesota
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. They had four children Albert Russell Howard, Charles Beecher Howard, Captain Paul Eugene Howard (USN), and Harriet Howard Gano (named after Eugenia Beecher's sister Harriet and distant cousin Harriet Beecher Stowe).
His son-in-law was the highly decorated Naval Officer
Vice Admiral Roy Alexander Gano
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, a native of
Pipestone, Minnesota
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who married his daughter Harriet.
Judge Howard died on June 23, 1936 at the age of 80 years old in
Pipestone, Minnesota
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History
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where he is buried.
References
Speakers of the South Dakota House of Representatives
Albion College alumni
United States Attorneys for the District of South Dakota
1856 births
1936 deaths
People from Pipestone, Minnesota
People from Calhoun County, Michigan
People from Redfield, South Dakota
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