Barefoot Sanders
| Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas | |
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In office April 26, 1979 – January 1, 1996 |
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| Nominated by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Seat established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629 |
| Succeeded by | Barbara M. Lynn |
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February 5, 1925 Dallas, Texas |
| Died | September 21, 2008 (aged 83) Dallas, Texas |
| Spouse(s) | Jan Scurlock Sanders |
| Children | Janet Lea, Martha Kay, Mary Frances, Harold, III |
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| Religion | Methodist |
Harold Barefoot Sanders, Jr. (February 5, 1925 – September 21, 2008) was a longtime United States District Judge and counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was best known for overseeing the lawsuit to desegregate the Dallas Independent School District.
Judge Sanders was married to the former Jan Scurlock. He and his wife had four children and nine grandchildren. His oldest daughter, Janet, is a Superior Court Judge in Massachusetts.
Sanders was born in Dallas to H.B. Sanders, and the former May Elizabeth Forrester. He graduated from North Dallas High School in 1942. He served in the United States Navy during World War II between 1943 and 1946.
While attending the University of Texas, Sanders was elected student body president in 1947. He was affiliated with Phi Delta Theta, Blue Key, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Delta Kappa and the Texas Cowboys. He was Methodist.
Sanders received an A.B. degree from the University of Texas in 1949, and a J.D. in 1950 from the University of Texas School of Law. He was in private practice with the Dallas law firm of Clark, West, Keller, Sanders and Butler from 1950 through 1961 and from 1969 until 1979.
A Democrat, Sanders served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1953-1959. During his tenure in the Texas Legislature, he sponsored the Texas Securities Act, the Texas Probate Code, the Texas Mental Health Code, and legislation creating the Trinity River Authority.
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