What is Charles W. Pickering?
[[File:Charles W. Pickering.jpg|right|200px]] '''Charles Willis Pickering Sr.''' (born May 29, 1937) is an American lawyer and politician. He was the Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]] for a short time in 2004, after being nominated by President [[George W. Bush]]. Pickering was born in [[Laurel, Mississippi]]. He also was a Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi|U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi]] from 1990 to 2004, after being nominated by President [[George H. W. Bush]]. Before this, he was Chair of the [[Mississippi Republican Party]] from 1976 to 1978. As a lawyer, he helped prosecute [[Ku Klux Klan]] members for the murder of [[Vernon Dahmer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/25/60minutes/main608667.shtml|title=Judge Pickering Denies Racism|website=[[CBS News]]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{FJC Bio|nid=1386321}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20040104203842/http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=1287 PFAW - Editorial Memorandum Against Confirmation] *[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/25/60minutes/main608667.shtml Transcript of 60 Minutes segment on Charles Pickering] *{{C-SPAN|92789}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pickering, Charles W.}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American judges]] [[Category:Politicians from Mississippi]] [[Category:Lawyers from Mississippi]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}