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CHARLES CLKAVES COLE
to the office of United States attorney for the District of Columbia, serving from March 3, 1891, until February 11, 1893, when, at the hands of the same executive, he was made associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. He sat as a member of that court from this time until April 22, 1901, when he resigned to engage again in the active practice of his profession.
Judge Cole was a lawyer of recognized ability. He had a varied experience both in the District and in the Federal courts, and had appeared as leading counsel in many important trials.
He was married January 11, 1887, to Miss Elizabeth H. Settle, of Virginia. He died March 16, 1905.
