William Cather Hook

Personal

Birthday: 
9/24/1857
Birthplace: 
Waynesburg, PA
Date of Death: 
8/11/1921
Place of Death: 
Sayner, WI
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1878-1899
City attorney, Leavenworth, Kansas
City legal advisor, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1889-1895

Education

Name of School: 

Washington University in St. Louis School of Law

An education at Washington University School of Law provides the opportunity to combine outstanding teaching and a mastery of the fundamentals necessary for the practice of law.

Degree: 
LL.B.
Degree Year: 
1878

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, District of Kansas
Court Name: 

Kansas District Court

President Nominating: 
William McKinley
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
01/31/1899
Termination Date: 
12/1/1903
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit
Commission Date - Second: 
11/17/1903
Termination Date - Second: 
12/31/1911
Termination Reason - Second: 
Abolition of Court
Court Name - Third: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Court Name - Third: 

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Third: 
11/17/1903
Termination Date - Third: 
8/11/1921
Termination Reason - Third: 
Death