12 Facts About Charles Canady

Charles Terrance Canady was born on June 22,1954 and is an American attorney and judge serving on the Supreme Court of Florida since 2008.

Charles Canady previously served as Chief Justice from 2010 to 2012 and from 2018 to 2022.

Charles Canady was admitted to the bar the same year and began his practice in Lakeland.

From 1984 to 1990, Charles Canady served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, initially elected as a conservative Democrat, he switched parties in June 1989.

Charles Canady ran for the Florida State Senate in 1990, but was unsuccessful.

In 1992, Charles Canady made a successful bid for the US House of Representatives, narrowly defeating his Democratic opponent Tom Mims.

In Congress, Charles Canady was credited for coining the term "partial-birth abortion" while developing the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1995.

Charles Canady served as the Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the House Judiciary Committee between January 1995 and January 2001.

Charles Canady was one of the House managers appointed to prosecute the impeachment trial proceedings of President Bill Clinton.

Charles Canady did not seek re-election to a fifth term in 2000, keeping a term limits pledge he made in 1992.

Charles Canady became the 82nd justice of the Florida Supreme Court on September 6,2008.

Charles Canady was one of two justices to dissent from this opinion, with coverage noting his inclusion amongst Donald Trump's list of potential US Supreme Court nominees which was released less than a month earlier.