Charles A. Pomeroy
Charles A. Pomeroy (December 20, 1914 – December 28, 1993),[1] of Windham, Maine, was a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from July 2, 1969 to January 1, 1980.[2]
Early life, education, and military service[edit]
Born in Auburn, Maine,[1][3][4] Pomeroy attended Edward Little High School. and received a J.D. from Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C., in 1936.[1][4] Returning to Maine, he "practiced in the Lewiston firm of Brann & Isaacson" with former Governor Louis J. Brann until 1943,[3] and thereafter served as Auburn city solicitor.[3][5]
In February 1944, Pomeroy was inducted into the United States Navy to serve in World War II,[1][4][5] spending two years in the Pacific Theatre.[3] Upon his return, he practiced law in Portland, Maine, and in 1949 was named a referee in bankruptcy.[1][4][3]
Judicial service and later life[edit]
In 1956, Governor Edmund Muskie appointed Pomeroy to the Maine Superior Court, and in 1956 Governor Kenneth M. Curtis elevated Pomeroy to a seat on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.[1] Pomeroy retired from the court in 1980, and was thereafter the first chairman of Maine's Indian Tribal-State Commission, created the same year.[1]
Personal life and death[edit]
Pomeroy married Arlene Currier, also of Auburn, with whom he had a son and two daughters.[1][3]
In 1991, he moved to Orlando, Florida, where he died at Winter Park Memorial Hospital two years later, at the age of 79.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Retired Judge Charles Pomeroy dies", Waterville Morning Sentinel (December 30, 1993), p. 7.
- ^ "Maine Supreme Court Chief and Associate Justices". Maine State Legislature. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f "Muskie Nominates 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats To High Court Posts", Portland Press Herald (September 28, 1956), p. 1, 36.
- ^ a b c d "The Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, 1820 to 2009". Nathan & Henry B. Cleaves Law Library. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
- ^ a b "Inducted Into Navy", Lewiston Sun-Journal (February 3, 1944), p. 12.