Edward T. Sanford
| Edward Terry Sanford | |
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| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
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In office January 29, 1923 – March 8, 1930 |
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| Nominated by | Warren Harding |
| Preceded by | Mahlon Pitney |
| Succeeded by | Owen Roberts |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee and the Middle District of Tennessee | |
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In office May 18, 1908 – February 5, 1923 |
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| Nominated by | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Charles Clark |
| Succeeded by | Xenophon Hicks |
| United States Assistant Attorney General | |
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In office 1907–1908 |
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| President | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | William Lewis |
| Succeeded by | James Fowler |
| Personal details | |
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July 23, 1865 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | March 8, 1930 (aged 64) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lutie Woodruff |
| Education |
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (BA, BPhil) Harvard University (BA, MA, LLB) |
Edward Terry Sanford (July 23, 1865 – March 8, 1930) was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1923 until his death in 1930. Prior to his nomination to the high court, Sanford served as an Assistant Attorney General under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1905 to 1907, and as a federal district court judge from 1908 to 1923. Sanford is typically viewed as a conservative justice, favoring strict adherence to antitrust laws, and often voted with his mentor, Chief Justice William Howard Taft.
A graduate of Harvard Law School, Sanford practiced law in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, during the 1890s and early 1900s (decade). As Assistant Attorney General, he rose to national prominence as lead prosecutor during the high-profile trial of Joseph Shipp in 1907, which to date is the only criminal trial conducted by the Supreme Court.
Sanford's most lasting impact on American law is arguably his majority opinion in the landmark case, Gitlow v. New York (1925). This case, which introduced the incorporation doctrine, helped pave the way for many of the Warren Court's decisions expanding civil rights and civil liberties in the 1950s and 1960s.
Sanford was born in Knoxville in 1865, the eldest son of prominent Knoxville businessman Edward J. Sanford (1831–1902) and Swiss immigrant Emma Chavannes. Sanford's father, as president or vice president of nearly a dozen banks and corporations, was one of the primary driving forces behind Knoxville's late-19th century industrial boom. His maternal grandfather, Adrian Chavannes, was the leader of a group of Swiss colonists who arrived in Tennessee in the late 1840s and his uncle, Albert Chavannes, was a noted author and sociologist. In 1891, Sanford married Lutie Mallory Woodruff, the daughter of Knoxville hardware magnate W.W. Woodruff.
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