Charles Lee Horsey

Charles Lee Horsey
Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court
In office 1945–1951
Appointed by	Vail Pittman
Preceded by	William Edwin Orr
Succeeded by	Charles Merton Merrill
Nevada Senate
In office 1913–1915
In office 1939–1940
Personal details
Born	(1880-12-23)December 23, 1880 Laurel, Delaware
Died	March 30, 1958(1958-03-30) (aged 77) Santa Barbara, California
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of Virginia

Charles Lee Horsey (December 23, 1880 – March 30, 1958) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada from 1945 to 1951.

Early life and education

Horsey was born in Laurel, Delaware on December 23, 1880. Horsey spent most of his early life in Philadelphia, where his family moved when he was five years old. He then attended the University of Virginia and received an L.L.B. in 1904. He married Margaret Woodruff Hitch on September 7, 1903, and they had four children.

Career

Horsey served as District Attorney of Lincoln County from 1906 to 1908 and then was elected State Senator. While in the Senate he chaired the judiciary committee and wrote several statutes that tightened mine safety laws.

Horsey was elected as District Judge of the Tenth Judicial District in 1915, but did not seek re-election in order to serve as president of the Virginia-Louise Mining Company from 1917 through 1922. In 1928, Mr. Horsey was the Democratic nominee for representative in congress. He was elected again to the state senate, representing Clark County, in 1939.

In 1945, Horsey briefly served as a Judge on the Eighth Judicial District in Clark County before Governor Vail Pittman appointed him to the Supreme Court vacancy created by the resignation of William Edwin Orr. In 1946 he was elected for a full six-year term on the court. He was defeated in his re-election campaign by Republican attorney Charles Merton Merrill.

Death

Horsey died in Santa Barbara, California on March 30, 1958.