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Loyal Edwin Knappen
Loyal Edwin Knappen (1854-1930) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th 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
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Loyal Edwin Knappen's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political 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: Jeffrey Sutton • Raymond Kethledge • Amul Thapar • Eric Clay • Richard Griffin • Karen Moore • Joan Larsen • Stephanie Dawkins Davis • John K. Bush • John Nalbandian • Eric Murphy • Chad Readler • Andre Mathis • Rachel Bloomekatz • Kevin Ritz | ||
| Senior judges |
Helene White • Alice Batchelder • Ralph Guy • James L. Ryan • Alan Norris • Richard Suhrheinrich • Martha Daughtrey • David McKeague • Deborah Cook • Julia Gibbons • John M. Rogers (Sixth Circuit) • Ronald Gilman • Danny Boggs • R. Guy Cole • Eugene Siler • Jane Stranch • | ||
| Former judges | Damon Keith • Bernice Donald • Gilbert Merritt • Cornelia Kennedy • Boyce Martin • Julian William Mack • Harry Wellford • Robert Krupansky • Leroy Contie • Herbert Milburn • Albert Engel • Pierce Lively • Halmer Hull Emmons • John Baxter • William E. Miller • Howell Edmunds Jackson • William Howard Taft • Horace Harmon Lurton • Henry Franklin Severens • William Rufus Day • Loyal Edwin Knappen • John Kelvey Richards • Arthur Carter Denison • John Wesley Warrington • Maurice Donahue • John Weld Peck • Smith Hickenlooper • Xenophon Hicks • Charles Casper Simons • Charles Harwood Moorman • Florence Ellinwood Allen • Elwood Hamilton • John Donelson Martin (Federal appeals court judge) • Herschel Arant • Shackelford Miller • Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. • Henry Brooks • Clifford O'Sullivan • Paul Weick • Lester Cecil • John Peck II • Bailey Brown • Anthony Celebrezze • Bertram Combs • George Edwards (Sixth Circuit) • Thomas McAllister • Nathaniel Jones (federal judge) • Susan Neilson • Harry Phillips • David Aldrich Nelson • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Alice Batchelder • Gilbert Merritt • Boyce Martin • Danny Boggs • Albert Engel • Pierce Lively • R. Guy Cole • Xenophon Hicks • Charles Casper Simons • Florence Ellinwood Allen • John Donelson Martin (Federal appeals court judge) • Shackelford Miller • Paul Weick • Lester Cecil • George Edwards (Sixth Circuit) • Thomas McAllister • Harry Phillips • | ||
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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 • | ||
