Charles L. Aarons Papers, 1907-1952


Charles Lehman Aarons was born in New York City on August 18, 1872. In 1873, his family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his father was a prosperous wholesale clothing merchant. He attended the University of Wisconsin and in 1895 received his law degree.

Aarons' first job was with the Milwaukee firm of Felker, Goldberg, and Felker, where he stayed until 1897 when he opened his own practice. In 1925 he was elected judge of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, and was re-elected in 1931, 1937, and 1943. He declined to run in 1949 and retired on January 2, 1950.

Aarons was a member of the Milwaukee School Board, 1903-1905 and 1908-1910. He was also active in various Jewish community activities, including the B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee.

In 1905 he married Rose Sheuerman of Des Moines, Iowa. She died in 1945. Charles Aarons died in 1952.