Charles M. Webb

Charles M. Webb
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the 7th Circuit
In office
1883 – August 12, 1911
Appointed byJeremiah McLain Rusk
Preceded byGilbert L. Park
Succeeded byByron B. Park
United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin
In office
July 1870 – February 14, 1878
PresidentUlysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Preceded by
Succeeded byH. M. Lewis
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
In office
January 1, 1883 – April 1883
Preceded byThomas B. Scott
Succeeded byMerritt Clarke Ring
Constituency11th Senate district
In office
January 1, 1869 – January 1, 1871
Preceded byE. L. Browne
Succeeded byMyron Reed
Constituency27th Senate district
Mayor of Grand Rapids, Wisconsin
In office
1880–1881
District Attorney of Wood County
In office
January 1, 1859 – September 1861
Personal details
Born(1833-12-30)December 30, 1833
Towanda, Pennsylvania
DiedAugust 12, 1911(1911-08-12) (aged 77)
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin
Resting placeForest Hill Cemetery
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
  • Prudence Jane Pierce
  • (m. 1857; died 1914)
Children
  • Clara (Harvie)
  • (b. 1865; died 1948)
  • 2 other daughters
Parents
Relatives
OccupationLawyer
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Volunteers (Union Army)
Years of service1861–1862
Rank1st Lieutenant, USV
Unit12th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Charles Morton Webb (December 30, 1833 – August 12, 1911) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a Wisconsin circuit court judge for 28 years in central Wisconsin. Earlier in his career, he served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, appointed by Ulysses S. Grant, and served in the Wisconsin Senate during the 1869, 1870, and 1883 sessions.

His brothers, James H. Webb, William C. Webb, and Henry G. Webb, were also prominent lawyers and politicians. Their father, John Leland Webb, was a politician in Pennsylvania.