13 Facts About Chuck Douglas

Charles Gywnne Douglas III was born on December 2,1942 and is an American politician, jurist, and trial lawyer.

Chuck Douglas is a former United States Representative from New Hampshire and a former New Hampshire Supreme Court associate justice.

Chuck Douglas was admitted to the bar in 1968 and commenced practice in Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, from 1970 to 1972.

Chuck Douglas was legal counsel and legislative counsel to Governor Meldrim Thomson Jr.

Chuck Douglas served as associate justice, New Hampshire superior court, from 1974 to 1976, as associate justice, New Hampshire Supreme Court, from 1977 to 1983, and senior justice from 1983 to 1985.

Chuck Douglas served as a member of the Committee on the Judiciary from January 3,1989 to October 28,1990.

Chuck Douglas was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1990 to the 102nd Congress.

Chuck Douglas has served as an Adjunct Faculty member at University of New Hampshire School of Law and at the American Bar Association's Appellate Judge's Seminars.

Chuck Douglas served as Chairman of the New Hampshire Constitution Bicentennial Education Commission and a member of the Constitutional Convention Study Commission.

Chuck Douglas was chairman of the New Hampshire Judicial Retirement Plan Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2008, and thereafter Executive Director of the Plan.

Chuck Douglas received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New Hampshire Association for Justice in 2014 and a Distinguished Service to the Profession Award from the New Hampshire Bar Association in 2017.

Chuck Douglas is a resident of Pembroke, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, and is married to Debra M Douglas, Chairman of the State's Lottery Commission.

Chuck Douglas is the first cousin, once removed, of singer Taylor Swift through his grandparents Charles Gwynn Douglas I and Louise Douglas, daughter of Charles Carmine Antonio Baldi.