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Howard Clark Hollister

American judge (1856–1919)

Summary

American judge (1856–1919)

Field	Value
name	Howard Clark Hollister
image	Howard Clark Hollister.jpg
caption	circa 1897
office	Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
term_start	March 7, 1910
term_end	September 24, 1919
appointer	William Howard Taft
predecessor	Seat established by 36 Stat. 202
successor	John Weld Peck
birth_name	Howard Clark Hollister
birth_date
birth_place	Cincinnati, Ohio
death_date
party	Republican
education	Yale University (A.B.)
Cincinnati Law School (LL.B.)
signature	Howard Clark Hollister signature.png

| honorific-prefix = | honorific-suffix = Cincinnati Law School (LL.B.)

Howard Clark Hollister (September 11, 1856 – September 24, 1919) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Education and career

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Hollister received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Yale University in 1878 and a Bachelor of Laws from the Cincinnati Law School (now the University of Cincinnati College of Law) in 1880. He was in private practice in Cincinnati from 1880 to 1893, and was an assistant prosecuting attorney of Hamilton County, Ohio from 1881 to 1882. He was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the 1st Judicial District of Ohio from 1893 to 1903.

Federal judicial service

On February 24, 1910, Hollister was nominated by President William Howard Taft to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio created by . He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 7, 1910, and received his commission the same day. Hollister served in that capacity until his death on September 24, 1919.

Personal

Hollister was married to Alice Keys of Cincinnati on June 2, 1887. They had four children. Hollister was a Republican in national politics, but opposed to the local Republican political machine.

References

Sources

References

{{FJC Bio. 1076
Goss, Charles Frederic. (1912). "Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788–1912". S J Clarke Publishing Company.

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