Background
Knaebel, Ernest was born on June 14, 1872 in Manhasset, Long Island, New York, United States. Son of John H. and Susan Dikeman (Pray) Knaebel.
Knaebel, Ernest was born on June 14, 1872 in Manhasset, Long Island, New York, United States. Son of John H. and Susan Dikeman (Pray) Knaebel.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1894, Bachelor of Laws, summa cum laude, 1896, Master of Laws, magna cum laude, 1897.
Born West Boxford, Massachusetts, Knaebel was a graduate of Yale University, receiving his Bachelor of Arts in 1894, his Bachelor of Laws in 1896, and his Master of Laws in 1897. He practiced law in New York City in 1898 but soon moved to Denver, Colorado. He practiced law there until 1902, when he was named United States Attorney, serving until 1907.
In that year he went to Washington, District of Columbia, where he was a special assistant to the United States Attorney General until 1911 and then Assistant Attorney General from 1911 to 1916.
While at the United States Department of Justice, he specialized in cases involving the public lands and Indian matters. He became reporter in 1916 and during his tenure, the Government Printing Office took over publication of the United States Reports.
Previously private printers had issued them. Some of Knaebel"s official correspondence and other personal papers are housed with the Knaebel Family Papers collection at the American Heritage Center of the University of Wyoming and available for research.
Member American Bar Association Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Delta. Clubs: Lawyers’ (board of Governors), Cosmos, Yale (all of Washington).
Married Cornelia Park, July 10, 1900. Children: Katharine Winthrop, John Ballantine, Charles Pray.