Charles F. Johnson

Born on February 14, 1859, in Winslow, Kennebec County, Maine,[1] Johnson attended the common schools and Waterville Classical Institute.[2] He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1879 from Bowdoin College and read law in 1886.[1] He was principal of the high school of Machias, Washington County, Maine from 1881 to 1886.[2] He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Waterville, Maine from 1886 to 1911.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Maine in 1892 and 1894.[2] He was elected Mayor of Waterville in 1893, but left that office in 1894.[3] He was a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1905 and 1907.[1]

Johnson was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1910 and served from March 4, 1911, until March 3, 1917.[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916.[2] He was Chairman of the Committee on National Banks (63rd United States Congress), Committee on Fisheries (64th United States Congress) and the Committee on Pensions (64th United States Congress).[2]

Johnson was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on October 1, 1917, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit vacated by Judge William LeBaron Putnam.[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 1, 1917, and received his commission the same day.[1] He assumed senior status on April 30, 1929.[1] His service terminated on February 15, 1930, due to his death while on a visit to St. Petersburg, Florida.[1] He was interred in Pine Grove Cemetery in Waterville.[2]

• Charles Fletcher Johnson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• United States Congress. "Charles F. Johnson (id: J000124)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.