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About Edward Terry Sanford
Edward Terry Sanford was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1923 until his death in 1930. Prior to his nomination to the high court, Sanford served as a United States Assistant Attorney General under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1905 to 1907, and as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee from 1908 to 1923. As of July 2026, he is the last sitting district court judge to be elevated directly to the Supreme Court.
Everything about Edward Terry Sanford →- Occupation
- lawyer, judge, university teacher
- Position held
- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 23, 1865
- Died
- March 8, 1930