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Martin Augustine Knapp

Martin Augustine Knapp

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1843 in Spafford, NY

Died 1923 in Washington, DC

FJC ID: 1293

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 18/year

U.S. Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit · 1910–1911Commerce Court · 1910–1913Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1910–1916Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1916–19231910192019401960198020002024180
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 25/year

U.S. Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit · 1910–1911Commerce Court · 1910–1913Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1910–1916Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1916–19231910192019401960198020002024250
citing decisions

U.S. Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit · 1910–1911Commerce Court · 1910–1913Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1910–1916Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1916–1923

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.

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Martin Augustine Knapp (November 6, 1843 – February 10, 1923) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Commerce Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the United States Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Syracuse, New York
    1870–present
  2. Interstate Commerce Commission
    Member · 1897–1910
    • ↳chairman · 1898–1910
  3. Syracuse, New York
    Corporation counsel · 1877–1883

Appointments

  1. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
    1916–1923 (None (reassignment))
    Term ended: Death
  2. U.S. Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit
    U.S. Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit
    1910–1911 · Appointed by William H. Taft (Republican)
    Term ended: Abolition of Court
  3. Commerce Court
    Commerce Court
    1910–1913
    Term ended: abolished
  4. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    1910–1916 · Appointed by William H. Taft (Republican)
    Term ended: Reassignment

Education

  1. Read law
    1869
  2. Wesleyan University
    B.A. · 1868