Charles C. Wine Explained

Charles C. Wine (May 17, 1901 – February 9, 1974)[1] was an Arkansas lawyer who served as Arkansas Public Service Commissioner from 1945 to 1950, and as a justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court for several months in 1948.

He was born near Carthage, Missouri, but he grew up in Texarkana. He got a degree from the University of Arkansas. He received a law degree from the Cumberland School of Law before beginning his career as a judge in Texarkana in 1936.[1]

He was also the Arkansas Public Service Commissioner from 1945 to 1950.[2] In August 1948, Wine was appointed to a seat on the state supreme court vacated by the death of Justice Edgar L. McHaney, to serve until a new justice was elected in the November 1948 election.[3] Wine sought election to the court in 1950, but lost in the primary to Sam Dunn Robinson.[4]

Wine died in a hospital in Bentonville, Arkansas, at the age of 72.[1]

Notes and References

  1. "Charles C. Wine, Former Justice, Dies At 72", Northwest Arkansas Times (February 10, 1974), p. 2.
  2. http://www.apscservices.info/pdffiles/ListofArkansasPublicServiceCommissioners.pdf List of Arkansas Public Service Commissioners
  3. "Capitol News in Brief", The Camden News (August 5, 1948), p. 10.
  4. "Associate Justice Races", The Madison County Record (July 27, 1950), p. 1.