Charles Fahy

Biography of Charles Fahy

Family Name (Surname): Fahy
First Name: Charles
Date of Birth: August , 27 , 1892
Place of Birth (POB): Rome , Georgia (US-GA, GA, 13, Ga.)
Date of Death: September , 17 , 1979
Place of Death (POD): Washington , District of Columbia (US-DC, DC, 11, D.C., Wash. D.C.)
Gender Identity: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White

Court Name: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Court Type: United States Court of Appeals
Appointment under the Presidency of: Harry S Truman ( Democratic )
Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 01/05/1950
Judicial Recess Appointment date: 10/21/1949
New Seat
Authorization legislation: 63 Stat. 493
Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 01/05/1950
Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
Committee action date: 04/03/1950
Senate voice vote?: Yes
Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 04/04/1950
Commission Date: 04/07/1950
Retirement from Active Service: 04/17/1967
Date of Termination: 09/17/1979
Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Name of School: Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)
Degree: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Law Degree Year: 1914

Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1914-1924, 1947-1949
U.S. Naval Reserve, 1917-1919
Private practice, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1924-1933
City attorney, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1932
First assistant solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1933
Member, Petroleum Advisory Board, 1933-1935; chairman, 1934-1935
General counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 1935-1940
Assistant solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1940
Member, President's Naval and Air Base Commission to London, 1941
Solicitor general of the United States, 1941-1945
Legal adviser, Office of Military Government, United States, in Germany, 1945-1946
Adviser to American delegation, San Francisco Conference, 1945
Legal adviser, U.S. Department of State, 1946
Member, Legal Commission, United Nations General Assembly, 1947-1949
Chairman, President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunities in the Armed Forces, 1948-1950
Chairman, Personnel Security Review Board, Atomic Energy Commission, 1949
Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, October 15, 1949; no Senate vote