About Charles S. Hanson
Lived 1911 – 1994 (aged 82). Charles S. Hanson was a judge.
Charles S. Hanson (April 14, 1911 – January 24, 1994) was a justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court from 1956 to 1973.
Career Born in Howard, South Dakota, he attended General Beadle College for two years. He received a B.A. from South Dakota State University and a J.D. from the University of South Dakota in 1934.
Personal life and death Hanson and his wife Lois had a son, Dan Charles Hanson, who was also an attorney as well as a leader in the state's gay rights movement.
Hanson died at Brownsville Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas, at the age of 82.
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American judge (1911-1994)
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Charles S. Hanson was born on 14 April 1911.
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Charles S. Hanson died on 24 January 1994.
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Charles S. Hanson was a judge.
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