Charles Joseph Fisk Explained

Charles J. Fisk
Birth Date:March 11, 1862
Birth Place:Morrison, Illinois
Death Date:May 8, 1932 (age 70)
Death Place:Minot, North Dakota
Office:Referee of the North Dakota State Guaranty Fund Commission
Term:1923–1932
Term Start1:1911
Term End1:1915
Predecessor1:Burleigh F. Spalding
Term Start2:1907
Term End2:1916
Predecessor2:John Knauf
Term Start3:1907
Term End3:1917
Alma Mater:Northern Illinois College

Charles Joseph Fisk (March 11, 1862 – May 8, 1932) was an American judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1907 to 1916.

Fisk was born on March 11, 1862, in Morrison, Illinois. He attended elementary and secondary school in the town's schools before attending Northern Illinois College in Fulton.[1]

Upon earning his law degree at the age of 21 in 1883, he moved to Dakota Territory and was admitted to the bar in 1886. After a brief time of practicing law in what is now Larimore, North Dakota, Fisk moved to Grand Forks, North Dakota, and practiced law until 1897. In 1897 he was elected district judge for North Dakota's first judicial district and served for 10 years with his chambers in Grand Forks. In 1906, he ran in the general election for North Dakota State Supreme Court and won. He assumed office in January 1907 at age 44 and was reelected to a full term in 1910. He was defeated for reelection to the court by Luther E. Birdzell in 1916. He returned to private legal practice in Minot, North Dakota, continuing this work until 1923 when he was appointed Referee of the State Guaranty Fund Commission. He held this position until it was abolished shortly before his death. He died in Minot, North Dakota, on May 8, 1932, at age 70.[2]

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  1. Book: Lounsberry . Clement A. . North Dakota History and People: Outlines of American History . 1917 . III. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. . Chicago . 518-519 .
  2. Web site: Charles Fisk. www.ndcourts.gov. 2016-04-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20160418160047/http://www.ndcourts.gov/court/bios/Fisk.htm. 2016-04-18. dead.