Charlton Reid Beattie

Charlton Reid Beattie (1869-1925) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

He was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge on January 13, 1925 to replace Rufus Edward Foster. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 19, 1925, and received commission on January 21st. He served until his death on August 23, 1925.^[1] Beattie was succeeded in this position by Louis Henry Burns.

Early life and education

Judge Beattie received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia in 1889 and his LL.D. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1891.^[1]

Professional career

Judge Beattie began his career in 1892 as a private practice lawyer. He worked in this position for his entire career, first in Thibodaux, Louisiana and then in New Orleans (beginning in 1913). From 1909 to 1913, he was a U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He also worked as faculty at the Tulane Law School^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Eastern District of Louisiana

Beattie was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge on January 13, 1925 to replace Rufus Edward Foster. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 19, 1925, and received commission on January 21st. He served until his death on August 23, 1925.^[1] Beattie was succeeded in this position by Louis Henry Burns.

External links

• Judge Beattie's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated by Calvin Coolidge
1923	Cochran
1924	Boynton • Davis • Dawkins, Sr. • Graham • Hand • Jones • Kennamer • Kerrigan • Martin • McCormick • Moorman • Pray • Young
1925	A. Anderson • H. Anderson • Baltzell • Beattie • Booth • Burns • Clark • Dawson • Foster • Henning • Hough • Johnson • McCamant • Meekins • Molyneaux • Moorman • Moscowitz • Otis • Parker • Raymond • Sanborn • Slick • St. Sure • Stone • Thacher • Van Valkenburgh
1926	Cavanah • Dietrich • Moss • Swan • Tilson
1927	Adler • Bryant • F. Coleman • W. Coleman • Hand • Hayes • Kirkpatrick • Letts • McNary • Moinet • Northcott • Tilson • Wham
1928	Borah • Burrows • Cline • Cotteral • Deaver • Dewey • Gordon • Green • Hahn • Hickenlooper • Hicks • Louderback • Martineau • McCarthy • McDermott • McVicar • Norcross • Sinnott • Taylor • Tilson • Vaught • West
1929	Akerman • Chase • Cox • Fake • Garrett • Nevin • Ritter • Woodward

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Active judges	Chief Judge: Nannette Jolivette Brown   •  Greg Guidry  •  Jay Zainey  •  Lance Africk  •  Jane Triche-Milazzo  •  Susie Morgan  •  Barry Ashe  •  Wendy Vitter  •  Darrel Papillion  •  Brandon Long (Louisiana)
Senior judges	Helen Berrigan  •  Sarah Vance (Louisiana)  •  Eldon Fallon  •  Mary Ann Lemmon  •  Ivan Lemelle  •  Carl Barbier  •
Magistrate judges	Karen Wells Roby  •  Michael B. North  •  Janis van Meerveld  •  Donna Phillips Currault  •
Former Article III judges	Thomas Porteous  •  John Dick  •  Thomas Bolling Robertson  •  Samuel Hadden Harper  •  Philip Kissick Lawrence  •  Theodore Howard McCaleb  •  Edward Henry Durell  •  Edward Coke Billings  •  Edith Clement  •  Alvin Rubin  •  Charles Parlange  •  Rufus Edward Foster  •  Eugene Davis Saunders  •  Martin Feldman  •  Frederick Heebe  •  A.J. McNamara  •  Kurt Engelhardt  •  Charles Schwartz  •  Peter Beer  •  Marcel Livaudais  •  Charlton Reid Beattie  •  Wayne Borah  •  Louis Henry Burns  •  Robert Ainsworth  •  George Arceneaux  •  Edward Boyle  •  Adrian Caillouet  •  Patrick Carr (Louisiana)  •  Fred Cassibry  •  Herbert Christenberry  •  Robert Collins  •  James Comiskey  •  Adrian Duplantier  •  Frank Ellis  •  Jack M. Gordon  •  Okla Jones  •  Henry Mentz  •  Lansing Mitchell  •  Morey Sear  •  Elmer West  •  Roger West (Louisiana)  •  Veronica Wicker  •  James Wright (Louisiana)  •
Former Chief judges	Edith Clement  •  Helen Berrigan  •  Sarah Vance (Louisiana)  •  Frederick Heebe  •  A.J. McNamara  •  Herbert Christenberry  •  Morey Sear  •  Elmer West  •