William Alexander Cant
William Alexander Cant (December 23, 1863 – January 12, 1933) was a United States federal judge.
Biography
William Alexander Cant was born in Westfield, Marquette County, Wisconsin, Cant received an LL.B. from the University of Michigan in 1885. He was in private practice in Duluth, Minnesota from 1886 to 1895. He was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1895, and was city attorney of Duluth from 1895 to 1896. He was a state court judge on the District Court of Minnesota from 1896 to 1923.
On May 21, 1923, Cant received a recess appointment from Warren G. Harding to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota vacated by Page Morris. Formally nominated on December 15, 1923, Cant was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 15, 1924, and received his commission the same day. Cant served in that capacity until his death, in 1933.
Footnotes
This article incorporates material from
- William Alexander Cant at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1863 births
- 1933 deaths
- People from Marquette County, Wisconsin
- University of Michigan alumni
- Minnesota state court judges
- Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
- United States district court judges appointed by Warren G. Harding
- 20th-century American judges
- University of Michigan Law School alumni