Charles Tait
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | |
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In office March 10, 1824 – February 1, 1826 |
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| Appointed by | James Monroe |
| Preceded by | new seat |
| Succeeded by | William Crawford |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | |
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In office March 10, 1824 – February 1, 1826 |
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| Appointed by | James Monroe |
| Preceded by | new seat |
| Succeeded by | William Crawford |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alabama | |
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In office May 13, 1820 – March 10, 1824 |
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| Appointed by | James Monroe |
| Preceded by | new seat |
| Succeeded by | seat abolished |
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United States Senator from Georgia |
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In office November 27, 1809 – March 4, 1819 |
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| Preceded by | John Milledge |
| Succeeded by | John Elliott |
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February 1, 1768 Hanover, Virginia |
| Died | October 7, 1835 (aged 67) Monroe County, Alabama |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Charles Tait (February 1, 1768 – October 7, 1835) was an American politician. A Democratic Republican, he served as a United States Senator from Georgia and later as a United States federal judge.
Born near Hanover, Virginia, Charles Tait moved to Georgia in 1783 with his parents, who settled near Petersburg, where he completed preparatory studies. Tait attended Wilkes Academy, Washington, Georgia in 1786 and 1787 and Cokesbury College in Abingdon, Maryland in 1788.
Tait was a professor of French in Cokesbury College from 1789 to 1794, while he also read law and was admitted to the Georgia bar in 1795. He was a rector and professor at Richmond Academy, Augusta, Georgia from 1795 to 1798, when he commenced the practice of law in Elbert County. He was presiding judge of the western circuit court of Georgia from 1803 to 1809.
He was elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Milledge in 1809, winning by one vote. He was reelected in 1813, serving from November 27, 1809 to March 3, 1819. During the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congress he was chairman on the Committee on Naval Affairs. After serving in the Senate, he moved to Wilcox County, Alabama in 1819.
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