Thomas Chatfield

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.

Thomas Chatfield
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
In office January 9, 1907 – December 24, 1922
Appointed by	Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded by	Edward B. Thomas
Succeeded by	Robert Alexander Inch
Personal details
Born	Thomas Ives Chatfield October 4, 1871 Owego, New York
Died	December 24, 1922 (aged 51) Brooklyn, New York
Father	Thomas I. Chatfield
Residence	Brooklyn, New York
Education	Yale University (A.B.) Columbia Law School (LL.B.)

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.[1]

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.[1] 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.[2]

Family

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

References

1. Thomas Chatfield at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
2. "JUDGE CHATFIELD DIES TRIMMING TREE" (PDF). New York Times. December 25, 1922.

External links

• Works by or about Thomas Chatfield at Internet Archive
• Thomas Chatfield at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• "JUDGE CHATFIELD DIES TRIMMING TREE" (PDF). New York Times. December 25, 1922.