Charles V. Bardeen

Charles Valdo Bardeen Sr. (September 23, 1850 – March 20, 1903) was an American lawyer and judge in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1898 until his death in 1903. Previously, he served six years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in north-central Wisconsin and was city attorney for Wausau, Wisconsin.

Biography Charles V. Bardeen was born in Brookfield, New York, on September 23, 1850. As a child, he moved to a farm in Wisconsin with his family in 1854, where he was raised and educated. He graduated from high school in 1870, then taught school and read law at a law firm in Edgerton, Wisconsin. He served six years as circuit judge, and then, in January 1898, he was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court by Governor Edward Scofield. Bardeen replaced Alfred W. Newman, who had died earlier that month. The following April, Bardeen was elected without opposition to finish out the remainder of Newman's judicial term, expiring at the end of 1903.

He died from stomach cancer in Madison, Wisconsin, on March 20, 1903.

Personal life and family He married Frances Harmina Miller on June 17, 1876, and they had three children.

Electoral history Wisconsin Circuit Court (1891)

Wisconsin Supreme Court (1898)