Charles Tait

Charles Tait (February 1, 1768 – October 7, 1835) was a United States senator from Georgia and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alabama, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.

Education and career

Born on February 1, 1768, near Hanover, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, British America, Tait moved to Georgia in 1783 with his parents, who settled near Petersburg. He completed preparatory studies, then attended Wilkes Academy in Washington, Georgia from 1786 to 1787, and Cokesbury College in Abingdon, Maryland in 1788. He was a Judge of the Superior Court of Georgia for the Western Judicial Circuit from 1803 to 1809. He was reelected in 1813 and served from November 27, 1809, to March 3, 1819. Following his resignation from the federal bench, Tait was engaged as a planter near Claiborne, Alabama. He declined a mission to Great Britain in 1828. He died on October 7, 1835, near Claiborne. He was interred in Dry Forks Cemetery on his country estate in Wilcox County.