Charles Nelson Pray

Judge Charles Nelson Pray

Personal

Birthday:

4/6/1868

Birthplace:

Potsdam, NY

Date of Death:

9/12/1963

Place of Death:

Great Falls, MT

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1893-1895
Private practice, Fort Benton, Montana, 1896-1906
Assistant prosecutor, Twelfth Judicial District (Chouteau County), Montana, 1897-1898
Prosecutor, Twelfth Judicial District (Chouteau County), Montana, 1899-1906
U.S. representative from Montana, 1907-1913
Republican candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from Montana, 1912
Private practice, Great Falls, Montana, 1914-1924

Education

Name of School:

Middlebury College

Name of School - Second:

Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law

Chicago Kent is a national leader in legal education, recognized for the scholarly excellence of its faculty and distinguished by its curricular innovation. As part of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent is one of the few law schools affiliated with a technological university.

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1891

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, District of Montana

Court Name:

Montana District Court

President Nominating:

Calvin Coolidge

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

2/8/1924

Retirement from Active Service:

4/10/1957

Termination Date:

9/12/1963

Termination Reason:

Death