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Edward Terry Sanford

Born: 23-Jul-1865
Birthplace: Knoxville, TN
Died: 8-Mar-1930
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: Accident - Misc [1]
Remains: Buried, Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, TN

Gender: Male
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Judge

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Supreme Court Justice, 1923-30

Died on the same day as fellow Justice William Howard Taft.


[1] Uremic poisoning, after extraction of a tooth.

Father: Edward Jackson Sanford
Mother: Emma Chavannes
Wife: Lutie Mallory Woodruff (m. 6-Jan-1891, two daughters)
Daughter: Dorothy Sanford (b. 5-Dec-1891)
Daughter: Anna Magee Sanford (b. 19-Dec-1892)

    University: BA, University of Tennessee (1883)
    University: AB, Harvard University (1885)
    University: MA, Harvard University (1889)
    Law School: LLB, Harvard Law School (1889)
    Administrator: Trustee, University of Tennessee (1897-1923)
    Lecturer: Law, University of Tennessee (1898-1906)
    Administrator: Trustee, Peabody College (1907-30)

    US Supreme Court Justice Justice (19-Feb-1923 to 8-Mar-1930)
    US District Judge Eastern and Middle Tennessee (1908-23)
    US Justice Department Assistant Attorney General (1907-08)
    Lucky, Sanford, and Fowler Partner
    Harvard Law Review Editor
    Tennessee Bar Association 1888


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