John Benjamin Sanborn Jr. (November 9, 1883 – March 7, 1964) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
John B. Sanborn Jr. | |
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 John Sanborn Jr. ca. 1915 | |
| Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | |
| In office June 30, 1959 – March 7, 1964 | |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | |
| In office January 23, 1932 – June 30, 1959 | |
| Appointed by | Herbert Hoover |
| Preceded by | Wilbur F. Booth |
| Succeeded by | Harry Blackmun |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota | |
| In office March 18, 1925 – February 2, 1932 | |
| Appointed by | Calvin Coolidge |
| Preceded by | Wilbur F. Booth |
| Succeeded by | Matthew M. Joyce |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Benjamin Sanborn Jr. November 9, 1883 Saint Paul, Minnesota, US |
| Died | March 7, 1964 (aged 80) Ramsey County, Minnesota, US |
| Education | University of Minnesota (BA) Mitchell Hamline School of Law (LLB) |
Education and career
editBorn on November 9, 1883, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the son of prominent lawyer and Civil War general John B. Sanborn, Sanborn received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1905 from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Laws in 1907 from the St. Paul College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline School of Law).[1] He entered private practice in Saint Paul from 1907 to 1916,[1] a portion of that time with the firm owned by future United States Supreme Court Justice Pierce Butler and future United States Attorney General William D. Mitchell.[2] He was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1913 to 1915.[1] He was Comptroller of Insurance for the State of Minnesota from 1917 to 1918 and from 1919 to 1920.[1]
On August 12, 1918, with the outbreak of world War I, he resigned as insurance commissioner and joined the United States Army, where he initially became a private.[1][3] He was stationed at Fort Pike, Arkansas at the Infantry Central Officers Training School.[3] He was commissioned as a first lieutenant on November 30, 1918, and was honorably discharged 4 days later on December 3.[3] He was as a member of the Minnesota Tax Commission from 1920 to 1921.[1] He was a Judge of the Minnesota District Court from 1922 to 1925.[1]
Federal judicial service
editSanborn was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge on March 18, 1925, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota vacated by Judge Wilbur F. Booth.[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 18, 1925, and received his commission the same day.[1] His service terminated on February 2, 1932, due to his elevation to the Eighth Circuit.[1]
Sanborn was nominated by President Herbert Hoover on December 19, 1931, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated by Judge Wilbur F. Booth.[1] He was confirmed by the Senate on January 19, 1932, and received his commission on January 23, 1932.[1] He assumed senior status on June 30, 1959.[1] His service terminated on March 7, 1964, due to his death in Ramsey County, Minnesota.[1]
Role in law school merger
editSanborn also played an active role in the merger that officially created William Mitchell College of Law.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Sanborn, John Benjamin - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- ^ Jeffrey Brandon Morris, Establishing Justice in Middle America, 109.
- ^ a b c Boyd, Thomas H. "The Life and Career of the Honorable John B. Sanborn, Jr", William Mitchell Law Review, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, volume 23, issue 2, 1997, pages 213–14
- ^ Biography of John B. Sanborn from the William Mitchell College of Law. Archived September 2, 2006, at the Wayback Machine