Charles Galbreath

Charles Ford "Charlie" Galbreath (December 12, 1925 – March 5, 2013) was an American jurist and legislator.

For the writer, historian, educator and librarian in Ohio, see Charles Burleigh Galbreath.

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Galbreath served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He then received his law degree from the Cumberland School of Law and then practiced law. He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives 1960–1968. He then served on the Tennessee Court of Appeals 1968–1978.

In 1978, Tennessee lawmakers tried to remove then-Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Galbreath on numerous grounds, including sending a letter on official stationery to Hustler magazine depicting his preferred sexual acts and publicly describing Judicial Standards Commission members as "sons of (expletive)". Lawmakers did not have enough votes to removed him and instead censured him and he resigned.[1]

He died in Nashville, Tennessee.[2][3]

Notes
  1. "Push to oust judge over absentee vote ruling sparks outcry". ABC News.
  2. "Charles Galbreath Obituary - Nashville, Tennessee - Tributes.com". www.tributes.com.
  3. "Obituary".


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