Hiram Knowles

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Montana

Years in office: 1890 - 1904

Education

Bachelor's

Antioch College

Law

Harvard Law School, 1860

Personal

Birthplace

Maine

Hiram Knowles was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of Montana. He was nominated by PresidentBenjamin Harrison on January 6, 1890, and retired onApril 15, 1904.^[1] Knowles passed away on April 6, 1911.

Education

• Antioch College
• Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1860^[1]

Professional career

• 1904-1911: Attorney in private practice
• 1879-1890: Attorney in private practice
• 1868-1879: Associate justice, Supreme Court of the Territory of Montana
• 1860-1868: Attorney in private practice^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

District of Montana

Knowles was nominated by PresidentBenjamin Harrison on January 6, 1890. He was confirmed by the Senate onFebruary 21, 1890, and received commission that same day. He retired onApril 15, 1904.^[1] Knowles was succeeded in this position by JudgeWilliam Henry Hunt.

See also

• Federal judges nominated by Benjamin Harrison

External links

• Judge Knowles Biography from theFederal Judicial Center
• Biography by Joaquin Miller fromUSGENWEB Montana Archives.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byBenjamin Harrison
1889	Bradley •Brewer
1890	Brown •Bryant •Caldwell •Edgerton •Green •Ham •Hanford •Hawley •Jewell •Knowles •Ricks •Riner •Sharpe •Sharretts •Shurtleff •Somerville •Stackpole •Swayne •Thomas •Tichenor •Wilkinson •Williams
1891	Acheson •Aldrich •Lunt •Putnam •Reed • Swan
1892	Baker •Beatty •Buffington •Dallas •Gilbert •Goff •Grosscup •McCormick •McKenna •Morrow •Niles •Peelle •Rector •Sanborn •Shipman •Shiras •Taft •Townsend •Woolson •Woods
1893	Cole •Jackson •McComas

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Montana
Active judges	Chief Judge: Brian Morris (Montana)  •  Susan P. Watters  •  Bill Mercer
Senior judges	Donald Molloy  •  Charles Lovell  •  Dana Christensen  •
Magistrate judges	Jerry Lynch  •  Timothy Cavan  •  John Johnston (Montana)  •  Kathleen DeSoto  •
Former Article III judges	William Henry Hunt (U.S. 9th Circuit Court)  •  Paul Hatfield  •  Hiram Knowles  •  George Bourquin  •  Carl Rasch  •  Richard Cebull  •  Sam Haddon  •  Jack Shanstrom  •  Charles Pray (Montana)  •  James Harris Baldwin  •  James Battin  •  William Jameson (Montana)  •  William Murray (Montana)  •  Russell Smith  •  Robert Lewis Brown  •
Former Chief judges	Paul Hatfield  •  Richard Cebull  •  Donald Molloy  •  Jack Shanstrom  •  Charles Pray (Montana)  •  James Battin  •  William Jameson (Montana)  •  William Murray (Montana)  •  Russell Smith  •