Benjamin Cornwell Dawkins Sr. (July 19, 1881 – August 22, 1966) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
Benjamin Cornwell Dawkins Sr.
Louisiana Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Born 1881 in Ouachita City, LA
Died 1966
FJC ID: 582
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 14/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 15/year
Louisiana Western District Court · 1924–1966
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Louisiana Supreme CourtAssociate justice · 1918–1924
- Louisiana District CourtJudge · 1912–1918
- Private practice, Monroe, Louisiana1906–1912
Appointments
1924–1966 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1906