William Cather Hook (September 24, 1857 – August 11, 1921) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
William Cather Hook
Born 1857 in Waynesburg, PA
Died 1921 in Sayner, WI
FJC ID: 1089
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 24/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 27/year
Kansas District Court · 1899–1903U.S. Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit · 1903–1911Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1903–1921
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
- Private practice, Leavenworth, Kansas1878–1899
- Leavenworth, KansasCity legal advisor · 1889–1895
- Leavenworth, KansasCity attorney
Appointments
1903–1911 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)Term ended: Abolition of Court- 1903–1921 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)Term ended: Death
1899–1903 · Appointed by William McKinley (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- Washington University School of LawLL.B. · 1878