John Knight

Personal

Birthday: 
4/29/1871
Birthplace: 
Arcade, NY
Date of Death: 
6/15/1955
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Town clerk, Arcade, New York, 1892-1896
Private practice, Arcade, New York, 1896-1900
Referee in bankruptcy, Western District of New York, 1899-1904
District attorney, Wyoming County, New York, 1904-1913
State assemblyman, New York, 1913-1917
State senator, New York, 1917-1931; president pro tem, 1924-1931

Education

Name of School: 
University of Rochester
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1893
Name of School - Second: 
Read law
Degree Year - Second: 
1896

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Western District of New York
Court Name: 

New York Western District Court

President Nominating: 
Herbert Hoover
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
1/9/1932
Termination Date: 
6/15/1955
Termination Reason: 
Death