Charles J. Dodd

Charles John Dodd ( – July 24, 1947) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge from New York.

Life Dodd was born circa 1873 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of James Dodd, a sea captain and Elizabeth Hughes, an Irish immigrant from Dublin.

Dodd attended Boys High School, he spent five years working for the Manhattan law firm Seward, Guthrie & Steele, later known as Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He became managing attorney of the firm. graduating from there in 1897. He was admitted to the bar a year later, and practiced law in both Brooklyn and Manhattan. He received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from St. John's University in 1931.

In 1904, Dodd was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Democrat, representing the Kings County 6th District. He served in the Assembly in 1905. In 1908, Mayor McClellan appointed him justice of the Second District Municipal Court. In 1910, Mayor Gaynor appointed him City Magistrate. Gaynor re-appointed him to a full term in 1911, and in 1921 Mayor Hylan appointed him for another full term. to 1929. In 1929, he was elected Justice of the Second Judicial District of the State Supreme Court. He served as Justice from 1930 to 1942.