# Thomas Chatfield > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Thomas_Chatfield > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Thomas_Chatfield.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Chatfield > Source revision: 1348418174 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American judge (1871–1922)}} {{for|his father, the American merchant and politician|Thomas I. Chatfield}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Thomas Chatfield | honorific_suffix = | image = Thomas_Ives_Chatfield.jpg | alt = | caption = | office = Judge of the [United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_New_York) | term_start = January 9, 1907 | term_end = December 24, 1922 | nominator = | appointer = [Theodore Roosevelt](/source/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Theodore_Roosevelt) | predecessor = [Edward B. Thomas](/source/Edward_B._Thomas) | successor = [Robert Alexander Inch](/source/Robert_Alexander_Inch) | pronunciation = | birth_name = Thomas Ives Chatfield | birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|10|04}} | birth_place = [Owego](/source/Owego%2C_New_York), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) | death_date = {{Death date and age|1922|12|24|1871|10|04}} | death_place = [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = [Thomas I. Chatfield](/source/Thomas_I._Chatfield) | relatives = | education = [Yale University](/source/Yale_University) ([A.B.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))
[Columbia Law School](/source/Columbia_Law_School) ([LL.B.](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws)) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Thomas Ives Chatfield''' (October 4, 1871 – December 24, 1922) was a [United States district judge](/source/United_States_federal_judge) of the [United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_New_York). ==Education and career== Born on October 4, 1871, in [Owego](/source/Owego%2C_New_York), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), Chatfield received an [Artium Baccalaureus](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) degree in 1893 from [Yale University](/source/Yale_University). He received a [Bachelor of Laws](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws) in 1896 from [Columbia Law School](/source/Columbia_Law_School). He entered private practice in [New York City](/source/New_York_City), New York from 1896 to 1906. He was an [Assistant United States Attorney](/source/Assistant_United_States_Attorney) for the Eastern District of New York from 1902 to 1906.{{FJC Bio|417|nid=1379041|name=Thomas Chatfield}} ==Federal judicial service== Chatfield was nominated by President [Theodore Roosevelt](/source/Theodore_Roosevelt) on December 13, 1906, to a seat on the [United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_New_York) vacated by Judge [Edward B. Thomas](/source/Edward_B._Thomas). He was confirmed by the [United States Senate](/source/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](/source/Brooklyn), New York. He had been stricken with a [heart attack](/source/heart_attack) while trimming the family [Christmas tree](/source/Christmas_tree), the heart attack having been induced by a bout of [typhoid fever](/source/typhoid_fever) from which he suffered the previous summer.{{cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/12/25/102907916.pdf|title=JUDGE CHATFIELD DIES TRIMMING TREE|work=New York Times|date=December 25, 1922}} ==Family== Chatfield was the son of State Senator [Thomas I. Chatfield](/source/Thomas_I._Chatfield) (1818–1884) and Lucy B. (Goodrich) Chatfield.{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Thomas Chatfield}} * {{FJC Bio|417|nid=1379041|name=Thomas Chatfield}} * {{cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/12/25/102907916.pdf|title=JUDGE CHATFIELD DIES TRIMMING TREE|work=New York Times|date=December 25, 1922}} {{s-start}} {{s-legal}} {{s-bef|before=[Edward B. Thomas](/source/Edward_B._Thomas)}} {{s-ttl|title={{nowrap|Judge of the [United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_New_York)}}|years=1907–1922}} {{s-aft|after=[Robert Alexander Inch](/source/Robert_Alexander_Inch)}} {{s-end}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chatfield, Thomas}} Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Category:1871 births Category:1922 deaths Category:United States district court judges appointed by Theodore Roosevelt Category:Columbia Law School alumni Category:People from Owego, New York Category:Yale University alumni Category:Assistant United States attorneys --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Thomas Chatfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Chatfield) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Chatfield?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.