Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Knapp, Martin Augustine

KNAPP, MARTIN AUGUSTINE, an American jurist and public official, born at Spafford, N. Y., in 1843. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1868. He was admitted to the bar in the following year. He served as corporation counsel for the city of Syracuse, from 1877 to 1883. In 1891 he was appointed a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission and was re-appointed successively by Presidents Cleveland and Roosevelt. From 1898 he was chairman of the commission. He was appointed circuit judge in 1910. He served as mediator in several disputes between the public and the railroads. He was a member of several economic societies.