Thomas Chatfield

Thomas Chatfield
Thomas Chatfield
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
	In office; January 9, 1907 – December 24, 1922
Appointed by	Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded by	Edward B. Thomas
Succeeded by	Robert Alexander Inch
Personal details
Born	Thomas Ives Chatfield; October 4, 1871; Owego, New York
Died	December 24, 1922 (aged 51); Brooklyn, New York
Parent	Thomas I. Chatfield (father);
Residence(s)	Brooklyn, New York
Education	Yale University (A.B.); Columbia Law School (LL.B.)

Thomas Ives Chatfield (October 4, 1871 – December 24, 1922) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Education and career[edit]

Born on October 4, 1871, in Owego, New York, Chatfield received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1893 from Yale University. He received a Bachelor of Laws in 1896 from Columbia Law School. He entered private practice in New York City, New York from 1896 to 1906. He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1902 to 1906.^[1]

Chatfield was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on December 13, 1906, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York vacated by Judge Edward B. Thomas. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 9, 1907, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on December 24, 1922, due to his death at his home in Brooklyn, New York.^[1] He had been stricken with a heart attack while trimming the family Christmas tree, the heart attack having been induced by a bout of typhoid fever from which he suffered the previous summer.^[2]

Chatfield was the son of State Senator Thomas I. Chatfield (1818–1884) and Lucy B. (Goodrich) Chatfield.^{[citation needed]}

Legal offices
Preceded by Edward B. Thomas	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York 1907–1922	Succeeded by Robert Alexander Inch