Loyal Edwin Knappen
| Loyal Edwin Knappen | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | William Howard Taft |
| Active: | 1/31/1910 - 4/15/1924 |
| Senior: | 4/15/1924 - 5/14/1930 |
| Preceded by: | Horace Harmon Lurton |
| Succeeded by: | Arthur Carter Denison |
| Past post: | Western District of Michigan |
| Past term: | 1906-1910 |
| Past position: | Seat #1 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1854 |
| Deceased: | 1930 |
| Undergraduate: | University of Michigan (1873) |
| Law School: | Read Law (1875) |
| Grad. School: | University of Michigan (1876) |
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Loyal Edwin Knappen (1854-1930) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
Early life and education
Professional career
- Private practice, Hastings, Michigan, 1875-1888
- Prosecuting attorney, Barry County, Michigan, 1879-1883
- Commissioner, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, 1880-1888
- Private practice, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1888-1906 [1]
Judicial career
Sixth Circuit
Knappen was nominated to the Sixth Circuit by President William Howard Taft on January 17, 1910 to a seat vacated by Horace Harmon Lurton. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 31, 1910, and received commission that same day. On April 15, 1924, he assumed senior status. He served until his death on May 14, 1930. [1]
Western District of Michigan
Knappen was nominated to the Western District of Michigan by President Theodore Roosevelt on December 3, 1906 to a seat vacated by George Wanty. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 10, 1906, and received commission that same day. He served on this court until February 8, 1910.[1] Knappen was succeeded in this position by Arthur Carter Denison.
External links
- Biography from the U.S. Circuit Court for the Sixth Circuit.
- Loyal Edwin Knappen's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Loyal Edwin Knappen's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: George Wanty |
Western District of Michigan 1906–1910 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Arthur Carter Denison |
| Preceded by: Horace Harmon Lurton |
Circuit Court for the Sixth Circuit 1910–1911 |
Succeeded by: NA - court abolished |
| Preceded by: Horace Harmon Lurton |
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1910–1930 |
Succeeded by: Charles Harwood Moorman |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Paul Maloney • Robert Jonker • Janet Neff • Robert Holmes Bell | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Hugh Brenneman, Jr. • Tim Greeley • Joe Scoville • Ellen Carmody • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
David McKeague • Benjamin Gibson • Douglas Hillman • Albert Engel • Solomon Lewis Withey • Wallace Kent • Henry Franklin Severens • George Wanty • Loyal Edwin Knappen • Arthur Carter Denison • Clarence Sessions • Fred Morton Raymond • Noel Fox • Raymond Starr • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Wendell Miles • Richard Enslen • Robert Holmes Bell • Benjamin Gibson • Douglas Hillman • Wallace Kent • Noel Fox • Raymond Starr • | ||
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| 1901 | |||
| 1902 |
Anderson • Burns • Coxe • Gould • Hale • Holmes • Platt • Ray • Townsend • Waite | ||
| 1903 |
Clabaugh • Day • Hay • Holt • Hook • McClelland • Morris • Pollock • Pritchard • Richards • Van Devanter • Daniel Wright • Francis Wright | ||
| 1904 |
Duell • Holland • Hunt • Lanning • Reed • Shepard • Stafford | ||
| 1905 |
Adams • Atkinson • Barney • Bethea • Booth • Cross • Dayton • Dodge • Finkelnburg • Kohlsaat • Landis • Lowell • McCall • McComas • Quarles • Sanborn • Seaman • Tayler • Whitson • Wolverton • Wright | ||
| 1906 |
Buffington • Chatfield • Ewing • Farrington • Hough • Knappen • Lewis • Martin • Moody • Peelle • Robb | ||
| 1907 |
Campbell • Cotteral • Dietrich • Dyer • Hundley • Munger • Noyes Saunders • Sheppard • Van Fleet • Van Orsdel • Ward | ||
| 1908 |
Chamberlain • Purdy • Sanford • Sater • Young | ||
| 1909 | |||
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| 1909 |
Bean • Carpenter • Connor • Donworth • Grubb • Hand • Hundley • Lanning • Lurton • Orr • Purdy • Rellstab • Warrington • Willard | ||
| 1910 |
Archbald • Barber • Carland • Cooper • Denison • De Vries • Hollister • Hughes • Hunt • Killits • Knapp • Knappen • Lamar • Mack • Montgomery • Rasch • Rose • Russell • Smith • Van Devanter • Van Valkenburgh • White | ||
| 1911 |
Angell • Day • Denison • Elliott • Martin • Rudkin • Schofield • Sessions • H. Smith • W. Smith • Veeder • Whitmer • Youmans • | ||
| 1912 |
Bourquin • Cheney • Cushman • Dodge • Geiger • Howard • Mayer • McPherson • Morton • Pitney • Pope • Sloan • Thompson • Tuttle • | ||
