Charles Paul McClelland (December 19, 1854 – June 6, 1944) was a

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of the United States Customs Court and previously was a Member of the Board of General Appraisers.

Education and career

Born on December 19, 1854, in

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, Scotland, McClelland received a Bachelor of Laws from New York University School of Law in 1880. He was admitted to the bar the same year, and practiced law in

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. He was a member of the

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(Westchester Co, 1st D.) in

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. He was deputy Collector of the Port of New York from December 1886 to March 1890. He was again a member of the State Assembly in

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. He was a member of the

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(12th D.) in

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Federal judicial service

McClelland received a recess appointment from President Theodore Roosevelt on August 21, 1903, to a seat on the Board of General Appraisers vacated by Member

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. He was nominated to the same position by President Roosevelt on November 10, 1903. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 7, 1903, and received his commission on December 8, 1903. McClelland was reassigned by operation of law to the United States Customs Court on May 28, 1926, to a new Associate Justice (Judge from June 17, 1930) seat authorized by 44 Stat. 669. He served as Presiding Judge from 1934 to 1939. His service terminated on September 30, 1939, due to his retirement. He was succeeded by Judge

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Death

McClelland died on June 6, 1944, in Dobbs Ferry.

References

External links

''The New York Red Book''
compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; pg. 404, 504f and 509)
Biographical sketches of the members of the Legislature
in ''The Evening Journal Almanac'' (1892)
''New York State Legislative Souvenir for 1893 with Portraits of the Members of Both Houses''
by Henry P. Phelps (pg. 14) {{DEFAULTSORT:McClelland, Charles Paul 1854 births 1944 deaths Judges of the United States Customs Court New York University School of Law alumni Members of the Board of General Appraisers New York (state) state senators Members of the New York State Assembly People from Dobbs Ferry, New York United States Article I federal judges appointed by Theodore Roosevelt 20th-century American judges Presidents of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York