Thomas Porter Hawley (July 18, 1830 – October 7, 1907) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Thomas Porter Hawley
Born 1830 in Milan, IN
Died 1907 in San Francisco, CA
FJC ID: 1005
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 11/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 24/year
Nevada District Court · 1890–1906
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
- Supreme Court of NevadaJustice · 1872–1890
- Private practice, Eureka, Nevada1870–1872
- Private practice, Hamilton, Nevada1868–1870
- Private practice, Nevada City, California1858–1868
- Nevada County, CaliforniaDistrict attorney · 1863–1864
Appointments
1890–1906 · Appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)Term ended: Retirement
Education
- Read law1857