Charles Henry Robb | |
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Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia | |
In office November 15, 1937 – June 10, 1939 | |
Associate Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia | |
In office October 5, 1906 – November 15, 1937 | |
Appointed by | Theodore Roosevelt |
Preceded by | Charles Holland Duell |
Succeeded by | Fred M. Vinson |
State's Attorney of Windham County, Vermont | |
In office 1896–1899 | |
Preceded by | Clarke C. Fitts |
Succeeded by | Herbert G. Barber |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Henry Robb November 14, 1867 Malone, New York, U.S. |
Died | June 10, 1939 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 71)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Nettie M. George (m. 1897) |
Children | 2, including Roger Robb |
Occupation | Attorney |
Charles Henry Robb (November 14, 1867 – June 10, 1939) was an American lawyer from Vermont and Washington, DC. He was most notable for his service as an Associate Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
A native of Malone, New York. Robb grew up in Lincoln, Rhode Island, Troy, New York, New York and Guilford, Vermont, and graduated from West Brattleboro, Vermont's Glenwood Seminary in 1886. He studied law, attained admission to the bar, and began to practice in Bellows Falls, Vermont, in 1892. A Republican, he served as Windham County, Vermont State's Attorney for three years (1896-1899). Robb was a United States Assistant Attorney General in the United States Post Office Department from 1903 to 1904.
In 1906, Robb was appointed an associate justice of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia (now the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit). He served until assuming senior status in 1937. Robb died in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 1939.