Charles F. Amidon 

Charles Fremont Amidon was born on August 17, 1856 at Clymer, New York.  He attended high school at Corry, Pennsylvania and after two years of teaching entered Hamilton College in Clinton, New York in 1878.  After graduating in 1882, he came to Fargo, Dakota Territory and served as prinicipal of the high school.  A year later, Amidon entered the law firm of Thomas and Benton as a clerk.  After earning his law degree, Amidon served as city attorney and as a member of the law firm until 1896 when President Grover Cleveland appointed him United States District Judge for North Dakota.  During his time on the bench, Amidon wrote nearly 150 opinions--many of them influential as precedents.

The collection consists of copies of correspondence, and various subject files collected by Professor Kenneth Smemo of Moorhead State University while writing a paper on Judge Amidon.  Much of the material comes from the Amidon collection of the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection of the University of North Dakota. 
 

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