John Benjamin Sanborn

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit

Years in office: 1959 - 1964

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Years in office: 1932 - 1959

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United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

Years in office: 1925 - 1932

Education

Bachelor's

University of Minnesota, 1905

Law

St. Paul College of Law, 1907

Personal

Birthplace

St. Paul, MN

John Benjamin Sanborn (1883-1964) was afederal judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.

Early life and education

• University of Minnesota, B.A., 1905
• St. Paul College of Law, LL.B., 1907

Professional career

• Private practice, St. Paul,Minnesota, 1907-16
• Member,Minnesota House of Representatives, 1913-15
• Comptroller of Insurance, State of Minnesota, 1917-1918, 1919-1920
• U.S. Army Private, 1918-1919
• Member, Minnesota Tax Commission, 1920-21
• Judge,District Court of Minnesota, 1922-25

Judicial nominations and appointments

Eighth Circuit

Sanborn was nominated by PresidentHerbert Hoover on December 19, 1931 to replaceWilbur Franklin Booth. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 19, 1932, and received commission onJanuary 23rd. OnJune 30, 1959, he assumedsenior status. He served until his death onMarch 7, 1964.

District of Minnesota

Sanborn was previously afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

He was nominated by PresidentCalvin Coolidge onMarch 18, 1925 to replaceWilbur Franklin Booth.^[1] He was confirmed by the Senate and received commission that same day. He served on this court untilFebruary 2, 1932, when he was appointed to the Eighth Circuit. Sanborn was succeeded in this position byMatthew Joyce.

External links

• Biography(dead link) from theFederal Judicial Center.
• Biography and papers from the Minnesota Historical Society.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Steven Colloton  •  Lavenski Smith  •  Ralph Erickson  •  Bobby Shepherd  •  James Loken  •  Raymond Gruender  •  William D. Benton  •  David Stras  •  Jane Kelly  •  Steven Grasz  •  Jonathan Kobes
Senior judges	David R. Hansen  •  Morris Arnold  •  Roger Wollman  •  Pasco Bowman  •  Arlen Beam  •  Michael Melloy  •
Former judges	Myron Bright  •  Diana Murphy  •  William Riley (Eighth Circuit)  •  Henry Clay Caldwell  •  George Fagg  •  Elmer Bragg Adams  •  John Emmett Carland  •  Amos Madden Thayer  •  Walter Henry Sanborn  •  William Cather Hook  •  John Hazelton Cotteral  •  Robert E. Lewis (Colorado judge)  •  Willis Van Devanter  •  Walter Inglewood Smith  •  Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh  •  Wilbur Franklin Booth  •  Charles Breckenridge Faris  •  Kimbrough Stone  •  Joseph William Woodrough  •  William Squire Kenyon  •  John Benjamin Sanborn  •  John D. Kelly  •  Archibald Gardner  •  Seth Thomas  •  John Collet  •  Charles Joseph Vogel  •  Jesse Henley  •  Roy Stephenson  •  William Webster  •  Floyd Gibson  •  Albert Ridge  •  Charles Whittaker  •  Harvey Johnsen  •  Harry Blackmun  •  Gerald Heaney  •  Donald Lay  •  Marion Matthes  •  Theodore McMillian  •  Pat Mehaffy  •  Walter Riddick  •  Martin Van Oosterhout  •  Donald Ross  •
Former Chief judges	Lavenski Smith  •  David R. Hansen  •  Morris Arnold  •  Roger Wollman  •  James Loken  •  Pasco Bowman  •  William Riley (Eighth Circuit)  •  Archibald Gardner  •  Charles Joseph Vogel  •  Floyd Gibson  •  Harvey Johnsen  •  Donald Lay  •  Marion Matthes  •  Pat Mehaffy  •  Martin Van Oosterhout  •

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Active judges	Chief Judge: Patrick Schiltz  •  Nancy E. Brasel  •  Jeffrey M. Bryan  •  Katherine Menendez  •  Eric Tostrud  •  Jerry Blackwell  •  Laura Provinzino
Senior judges	John Tunheim  •  Ann Montgomery  •  Donovan Frank  •  Joan Ericksen  •  David Doty  •  Donald Alsop  •  Paul Magnuson  •  Wilhelmina Wright  •  Susan Richard Nelson  •  Michael James Davis (Minnesota)  •
Magistrate judges	Tony N. Leung  •  Leo Brisbois  •  Hildy Bowbeer  •  Becky R. Thorson  •  Jon Huseby  •  David Schultz  •  Elizabeth Cowan Wright  •  John Docherty  •
Former Article III judges	James Rosenbaum  •  Richard Kyle  •  Diana Murphy  •  Rensselaer Russell Nelson  •  William Lochren  •  Page Morris  •  Milton Dwight Purdy  •  Charles Andrew Willard  •  Wilbur Franklin Booth  •  William Alexander Cant  •  John Franklin McGee  •  Joseph West Molyneaux  •  John Benjamin Sanborn  •  Gunnar Hans Nordbye  •  Matthew Joyce  •  Robert Cook Bell  •  George Sullivan (Minnesota)  •  Edward Devitt  •  Dennis Donovan  •  Earl Larson  •  Miles Lord  •  Harry MacLaughlin  •  Philip Neville  •  Robert Renner  •
Former Chief judges	James Rosenbaum  •  John Tunheim  •  Donald Alsop  •  Paul Magnuson  •  Diana Murphy  •  Gunnar Hans Nordbye  •  Edward Devitt  •  Miles Lord  •  Harry MacLaughlin  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byHerbert Hoover
1929	Avis •Byers •Caffey •Coxe, Jr. •Galston •Gardner •Glenn •Hopkins •Lenroot •Littleton •McDermott •Phillips •Sparks •Watson •Wheat •Wilbur •Wilson •Williams •Woolsey •Wyman
1930	Adkins •Bryant •Cosgrave •Cox •Hincks •Hughes •Hutcheson •Luhring •Nields •Patterson •Roberts •Sibley •Thompson •Whaley •Wheat
1931	Barnes •Chesnut •Evans •Fee •Groner •Hincks •Hitz •Hollzer •Kennamer •Kennerly •Kincheloe •Knight •Letts •McMillan •Morton •Nordbye •O'Brien •O'Donoghue •Paul, Jr. •Proctor •Sames •Sanborn •Sawtelle •Soper •Strum •Underwood • Way
1932	Briggle •Cardozo •Dallinger •Forman •Johnson •Joyce •McLellan •Simons •Welsh

v • e Federal judges nominated byCalvin Coolidge
1923	Cochran
1924	Boynton •Davis •Dawkins, Sr. •Graham •Hand •Jones •Kennamer •Kerrigan •Martin •McCormick •Moorman •Pray •Young
1925	A. Anderson •H. Anderson •Baltzell •Beattie •Booth •Burns •Clark •Dawson •Foster •Henning •Hough •Johnson •McCamant •Meekins •Molyneaux •Moorman •Moscowitz •Otis •Parker •Raymond •Sanborn •Slick •St. Sure •Stone •Thacher • Van Valkenburgh
1926	Cavanah •Dietrich •Moss •Swan •Tilson
1927	Adler •Bryant •F. Coleman •W. Coleman •Hand •Hayes •Kirkpatrick •Letts •McNary •Moinet •Northcott •Tilson •Wham
1928	Borah •Burrows •Cline •Cotteral •Deaver •Dewey •Gordon •Green •Hahn •Hickenlooper •Hicks •Louderback •Martineau •McCarthy •McDermott •McVicar •Norcross •Sinnott •Taylor •Tilson •Vaught •West
1929	Akerman •Chase •Cox •Fake •Garrett •Nevin •Ritter •Woodward