Charles S. Zane
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| 13th Chief Justice of the Utah Territory Supreme Court | |
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In office 1884–1888 |
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| Nominated by | Shelby M. Cullom |
| Appointed by | Chester A. Arthur |
| Preceded by | John A. Hunter |
| Succeeded by | Elliott Sandford |
| 15th Chief Justice of the Utah Territory Supreme Court | |
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In office 1889–1894 |
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| Appointed by | Benjamin Harrison |
| Preceded by | Elliott Sandford |
| Succeeded by | Samuel A. Merritt |
| 1st Chief Justice of the Utah Supreme Court | |
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In office 1896–1899 |
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| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | George W. Bartch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 2, 1831 Cumberland County, New Jersey |
| Died | March 29, 1915 |
Charles S. Zane (March 2, 1831 – March 29, 1915) was a legal associate of Abraham Lincoln, an anti-polygamy judge in the Territorial Supreme Court in Utah Territory, and the first Chief Justice of the Utah Supreme Court after statehood.
Charles Shuster Zane was born in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. on March 2, 1831. He moved to Sangamon County, Illinois in the 1850s and worked on a farm before going to school at McKendree College in Lebanon, Illinois. After graduating, he taught school around the state.
Zane went to Springfield, Illinois in July 1856. He was admitted to practice law 1857. He was elected city attorney in 1858, 1860, and 1865. He applied to study law at Abraham Lincoln's firm, but was turned down. After Lincoln's election to President of the United States, however, Zane replaced him as William H. Herndon's law partner. Zane later partnered with Shelby M. Cullom, until elected Illinois' Fifth Circuit judge, a post he filled from 1875 to 1883.
Republican President Chester A. Arthur appointed Zane chief justice of the Utah Territory Supreme Court in 1884. He had been nominated by Senator Cullom.
Zane arrived in August 1884, and was assigned to the Third Judicial District (Salt Lake City), as well as his Supreme Court post. Zane made his name as an opponent of polygamy with his sentencing of Rudger Clawson, who had been convicted of both polygamy and illegal cohabitation.
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