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John Clark Knox

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · 1918

John Clark Knox , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. John Clark Knox (October 13, 1881 – August 23, 1966) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1918 to 1966 and its first chief judge from 1948 to 1955.

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School)
  • Waynesburg CollegeA.B., 1902
  • Read law1904

Career

Attorney, Law Department, Title Guarantee and Trust Company, New York City, 1905-1913; Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1913-1918

Biography

John Clark Knox (October 13, 1881 – August 23, 1966) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1918 to 1966 and its first chief judge from 1948 to 1955.

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