Thomas Chatfield

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::summary American judge (1871–1922) ::

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Field	Value
name	Thomas Chatfield
image	Thomas_Ives_Chatfield.jpg
office	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
term_start	January 9, 1907
term_end	December 24, 1922
appointer	Theodore Roosevelt
predecessor	Edward B. Thomas
successor	Robert Alexander Inch
birth_name	Thomas Ives Chatfield
birth_date
birth_place	Owego, New York
death_date
death_place	Brooklyn, New York
father	Thomas I. Chatfield
residence	Brooklyn, New York
education	Yale University (A.B.)
Columbia Law School (LL.B.)
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Thomas Ives Chatfield (October 4, 1871 – December 24, 1922) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Education and career

Born on October 4, 1871, in Owego, New York, Chatfield received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1893 from Yale University. He received a Bachelor of Laws in 1896 from Columbia Law School. He entered private practice in New York City, New York from 1896 to 1906. He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1902 to 1906.

Federal judicial service

Chatfield was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on December 13, 1906, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York vacated by Judge Edward B. Thomas. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 9, 1907, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on December 24, 1922, due to his death at his home in Brooklyn, New York. He had been stricken with a heart attack while trimming the family Christmas tree, the heart attack having been induced by a bout of typhoid fever from which he suffered the previous summer.

Family

Chatfield was the son of State Senator Thomas I. Chatfield (1818–1884) and Lucy B. (Goodrich) Chatfield.

References

References

1. {{FJC Bio. 417
2. (December 25, 1922). "JUDGE CHATFIELD DIES TRIMMING TREE". New York Times.

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