Edward Terry Sanford
Edward Terry Sanford (* 23. July 1865 in Knoxville , Tennessee , † 8. March 1930 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and university lecturer and last judge on the US Supreme Court ( US Supreme Court ).
Life
After attending school, Sanford studied first at the University of Tennessee , where he earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1883 and another Bachelor of Arts in 1885 after studying at Harvard University . He then continued his studies at Harvard University, where he obtained both a Master of Arts (MA) and, after studying law at the Law School there, a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.). During his studies he was the editor of the Harvard Law Review .
After his license to practice law in the state of Tennessee in 1888, he practiced as a lawyer and was a partner in the law firm Lucky, Sanford, and Fowler . He was also a trustee of the University of Tennessee between 1897 and 1923 , where he also taught law as a lecturer from 1898 to 1906 . Between 1907 and 1908 he was during the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt as US Assistant Attorney General one of the closest associates of then- Attorney General Charles Bonaparte . He was also a trustee of Peabody College in Nashville from 1907 to 1930 .
In 1908 he was appointed judge of the US District Court for East and Central Tennessee by President Roosevelt, a position he held until 1923.
On February 19, 1923 he was appointed associate judge at the US Supreme Court by US President Warren G. Harding and thus succeeded Mahlon Pitney . As early as June 1923 he was involved in the fundamental decision in the Meyer v. Nebraska , according to which the prohibition of teaching in a non-English language such as the German language in question violates the parental rights resulting from the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution.
Exercised the office of the Assistant Judge (Associate Justice) Sanford until his death on March 8 in 1930, when he carried one at a tooth extraction had moved poisoning died. On the same day, the Chief Justice of the United States and former US President William Howard Taft passed away . Sanford's successor as Associate Justice was Owen Roberts , while Charles Evans Hughes became the new President of the Supreme Court.
Publications
- Blount college and the University of Tennessee , 1894
- The constitutional convention of Tennessee of 1796 , 1896
Web links
- Edward Terry Sanford in the nndb (English)
- openlibrary.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sanford, Edward Terry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Knoxville , Tennessee |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1930 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |